We are talking about collaborators Volodymyr Saldo and Oleksandr Kobets.
Security Service of Ukraine reports suspicion of treason Volodymyr Saldo and Oleksandr Kobts, who were appointed “heads” of the Kherson regional and city administrations by the Russian occupiers, respectively, the press service of the SBU department in the Kherson region reported.
As after the occupation of Kherson the Russian military had difficulties in finding and “appointing” local collaborators, as the majority of the population is pro-Ukrainian and everyone understands the absolute illegality of the occupation troops in Kherson, Russian special services had to find “leaders” who or otherwise connected with the region.
“Such a person turned out to be a resident of Kyiv who lived in Kherson until 1991. It was his Russian occupation forces that declared him “head of the city administration” on April 26, 2022.
On the same day, the occupiers appointed the former head of Kherson with pro-Russian views “head of the Kherson regional administration.” From the beginning of the full-scale war, he supported the Russian occupation of Kherson and headed the so-called “Committee for Salvation for Peace and Order.” In addition, he organized rallies in support of the Russian occupation, “the SBU said, referring to Oleksandr Kobets and former regional Volodymyr Saldo.
for a term of 15 years or life imprisonment, with confiscation of property.
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Recall, the Russian occupiers seized the premises of the Kherson City Council and removed the flag of Ukraine, and then together with local collaborators at a special meeting introduced the illegal so-called heads of Kherson regional and city administrations Volodymyr Saldo and Oleksandr Kobets, respectively.
on ZN.UA “ Kherson as the Southern Fortress “.
