Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, sworn in by Russia, died on Wednesday. (9) in a car accident, as reported by Russian state news agencies. Stremousov was one of the most prominent public faces of the Russian occupation of Ukraine, using social media to spread aggressive statements, the last of which appeared on Wednesday morning.
Russia decided to annex the Kherson region of southern Ukraine and three others last month after organizing what called referendums, considered illegal fraud by Kiev and the West.
Stremousov posted regular video updates on social media – including in speeding vehicles – about the situation on the front lines. Lately, he has been urging civilians to withdraw from the west bank of the Dnipro River in the face of a growing Ukrainian counteroffensive to retake territory captured by Russian forces in the early days of the war.
The contributor from Russia was an economist born in the Donetsk region and made his career as a fish entrepreneur. Gradually, he became politically radical, taking positions against the central government in Kiev after the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the war. civil service in Donbass.
