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A car bomb killed Valery Chaika, a Moscow-installed local official in Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast, on April 1, 2024.

Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Kyiv Post Ukrainska Pravda Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Valery Chaika (person) Valerii Chaika (person) Akhmat Spetsnaz Aida detachment (military_unit) Valeriy Chaika (person) Russia's Investigative Committee (organization)

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

An unidentified device detonated in an SUV in the Luhansk-region town of Starobilsk on Monday afternoon, killing a Moscow-installed bureaucrat.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Collaborator Valerii Chaika's car has been blown up in occupied Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast. He was killed instantly.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Positional fighting continues near Kreminna line

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Valeriy Chaika died after a homemade explosive device was planted on his car

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Extracted: 2026-02-26T14:33:05.095Z

Source story: 30435