Unknown assailants shot and killed pro-Moscow blogger Valeriy Kuleshov in his car. Ukrainian media attributed the attack to partisans while occupation police investigate.
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Unknown assailants shot and killed pro-Moscow blogger Valeriy Kuleshov in his car. Ukrainian media attributed the attack to partisans while occupation police investigate.
Valerii Kuleshov was killed on the morning of 20 April 2022 in Kherson
Kuleshov was shot near the entrance of a residential building in the Shumenskyi district at approximately 8:15 AM
Kuleshov was sitting in a grey Mazda car at the time of the shooting
Kuleshov worked in the militia until 2015 and had the status of a participant in an anti-terrorist operation
Since 2016, Kuleshov had been actively developing a presence on social media and working with pro-Russian activist Kirill Stremousov
Kuleshov and Stremousov worked in pairs and staged political provocations
From the beginning of the active phase of the war, Kuleshov conducted live broadcasts from battlefields
After the capture of Kherson by Russian occupying forces, Kuleshov started volunteering
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