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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Illia Novikov

Ukraine takes credit for the car bomb killing of a Russia-backed official in Luhansk

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Ukraine’s intelligence agency took credit for a car bombing Wednesday that killed a member of the Russia-backed authority in the illegally annexed Luhansk region.

Mikhail Filiponenko was a member of the local legislature and previously served as police chief. He had survived a car bombing on Feb. 21, 2022, three days before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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