The main intelligence department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine claimed responsibility for the assassination attempt on the deputy of the People’s Council of the Lugansk People’s Republic, former head of the People’s Militia of the Republic Mikhail Filiponenko. This was reported on the ministry’s official Telegram channel.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the country’s Ministry of Defense announced that a “special operation” was ongoing to carry out an assassination attempt on a politician in Lugansk.
During a car explosion in Lugansk on Wednesday, November 8 did not survive Former head of the People’s Militia Filiponenko. Vladimir Rogov, head of the “We Are Together with Russia” movement in the Zaporozhye region, also announced that Filiponenko’s car blew up and, according to him, the incident occurred near the house where the colonel lived. After the explosion, passing drivers tried to help the deputy.
Last year, there was an attempt to assassinate the politician. In February 2022, a car next to the colonel’s car exploded in the parking lot of the LPR representation in the JCCC, which Filiponenko then headed. Filiponenko and his driver were injured.
Previously FSB reported On the suppression of the preparation of attempts by Ukrainian intelligence against the leadership of Crimea.