Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the occupation administration of the Kherson region, died, RT TV channel reports , citing a source in law enforcement agencies. TASS, citing the press secretary of the head of administration, confirms this information. The cause was a certain “accident”, its details are still unknown.
Stremousov's death was first reported by pro-Kremlin channels and Z bloggers. Some of them claimed that the Komsomolskaya Pravda military commander Alexander Kots was in the car with Stremousov. But Kots himself denied this.
Propaganda military commissar Semyon Pegov claims that the accident happened near Genichesk, his “Wargonzo” project was allegedly told by Stremousov’s personal driver.
Later, the death was confirmed by the "governor" of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, who stated that Stremousov "was a real patriot of Russia, brave and courageous." Then the “head” of the occupied Kherson region Volodymyr Saldo commented on the information. According to Saldo, Stremousov died in the region.
At the same time, the Ministry of Health of the annexed Ukrainian region, appointed by Russia, so far only confirms the fact of an accident. "Minister of Health" Vadim Ilmiev says that the accident happened on the Kherson-Armyansk highway.
The deputy head of the Kherson regional council, Yuriy Sobolevsky, who represents the Ukrainian authorities, believes that the death of Stremousov could be staged.
