Car of former penal colony head blown up in Donetsk

Car of former penal colony head blown up in Donetsk

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In the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk, the car of the former head of the Penal Colony No. 11, Tsurkov, was blown up.

According to Ukrinform, this was reported on Telegram by the head of the Center for the Study of Occupation, Petro Andriushchenko, citing the Mariupol Resistance.

“Last night, a car was blown up, potentially with Tsurkov inside, in the Kyivskyi district of Donetsk. Let me remind you that he is the former head of the Penal Colony No. 11,” Andriushchenko wrote.

According to him, the explosion was prepared and carried out as planned. The information is currently being verified.

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