Former Luhansk mayor taken out by Ukraine's Security Service, sources say
Photo: former mayor of Luhansk Manolis Pilavov (Russian media)
The elimination of the former mayor of the temporarily occupied city of Luhansk, Manolis Pilavov, was carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). He was killed by an explosion, the sources in the SBU told RBC-Ukraine.
The SBU noted that Pilavov headed the occupation administration of Luhansk from 2014 to 2023.
He was one of the ideologists of the so-called Lugansk People’s Republic and an ally of the governor Igor Plotnitsky. Pilavov personally took part in overthrowing the constitutional order.
Since 2015, the so-called mayor of Luhansk had been wanted under Article 109 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (actions aimed at violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order, seizure of state power), and since 2022, he has been under Ukrainian sanctions.
The killing of Pilavov
Earlier, Russian media reported an explosion in the center of temporarily occupied Luhansk.
The Russians claimed that the former mayor of Luhansk, Manolis Pilavov, was killed as a result of the incident.
In related news, on June 18, it was reported that the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine eliminated traitor Mykhailo Hrytsai, who tortured Ukrainian prisoners of war.
