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Assassination attempt staged on local official in Kherson region’s Kakhovka

The woman was not hurt

MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. An assassination attempt was committed on a local administration official in Kakhovka, the woman was not hurt, the Kherson region police department said on Sunday.

"A car belonging to Irina Makhneva, who is in charge of education and culture issues in the new administration, was blown up in Kakhovka. The explosive device went off earlier than planned, which saved her life," it wrote on its Telegram channel.

Meanwhile, according to Vladimir Leontyev, who heads Kakhovka’s military-civilian administration, the car was set on fire. "Her car parked near the house was set on fire yesterday evening," he said.

On Friday, Dmitry Savluchenko, chief of the Kherson military-civilian administration’s family, youth and sports department, was killed in a car blast.