💥 Attack

Unknown assailants shot and killed pro-Moscow blogger Valeriy Kuleshov in his car. Ukrainian media attributed the attack to partisans while occupation police investigate.

Kherson, Kherson
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda

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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.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Valerii Kuleshov was killed on the morning of 20 April 2022 in Kherson

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Kuleshov was shot near the entrance of a residential building in the Shumenskyi district at approximately 8:15 AM

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Kuleshov was sitting in a grey Mazda car at the time of the shooting

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Kuleshov worked in the militia until 2015 and had the status of a participant in an anti-terrorist operation

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Since 2016, Kuleshov had been actively developing a presence on social media and working with pro-Russian activist Kirill Stremousov

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Kuleshov and Stremousov worked in pairs and staged political provocations

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

From the beginning of the active phase of the war, Kuleshov conducted live broadcasts from battlefields

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

After the capture of Kherson by Russian occupying forces, Kuleshov started volunteering

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.220Z

Source story: day-56-2023-02-10