A former Russian prison boss is dead after a car bombing in Ukraine. Ukrainian media said Sergei Yevsyukov was killed in the blast from an explosive device planted under his car on Monday, Dec. 9.
The attack, which also critically injured Yevsyukov’s wife, happened in Donetsk, a city now occupied by Russia.
Yevsyukov was chief of the Olenivka prison when dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war died in a missile strike in July 2022.
Russia blamed Ukraine for that attack. Ukraine said Russia targeted the prison to destroy evidence of war crimes that happened there.
This is the latest in a series of attacks on prominent pro-Kremlin public figures.
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Last month, a senior naval officer accused of war crimes by Ukraine was killed in Crimea.
In October, Ukraine claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack. The attack killed the head of security at a nuclear power plant in the city of Zaporizhzhia, which Russia occupies.
The Biden administration announced it’s now providing $1 billion more in longer-term weapons support to Ukraine ahead of President-elect Donald Trump taking office next month, who has called for an end to the war.
The U.S. has provided Ukraine with more than 62 billion dollars in military aid since Russia invaded in February 2022.
