Group that liquidated collaborator Leontyev evacuated from occupied Nova Kakhovka

The persons who on October 1, 2025, eliminated the so-called head of the occupation Council of Deputies of Nova Kakhovka, <b>Volodymyr Leontiev</b>, with the help of explosives, have been successfully evacuated to the territory controlled by Ukraine, where they are now safe.

This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to its own sources.

Leontiev was the former head of the occupation administration of Kakhovka district and Nova Kakhovka and had a long list of crimes. In particular, in March 2022, he ordered the Russian military to kidnap and torture the mayor of Beryslav, Oleksandr Shapovalov, for which he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

He was also suspected of collaboration and involvement in the abduction of journalist Oleh Baturin. In 2024, Leontyev was also sentenced to 12 years for the illegal imprisonment of a journalist from a Kakhovka newspaper, the mayor of Tavria, and the secretary of the Novokakhovka City Council.

The former head of the occupation administration of the Kakhovka district and Nova Kakhovka, 61-year-old<b> Leontiev </b>, in March 2022, ordered the Russian military to kidnap and torture the mayor of Beryslav <b>, Oleksandr Shapovalov.</b>

According to the Center for Investigative Journalism, on <b>Leontyev </b>'s order, the occupiers seized Shapovalov, handcuffed him, coerced him to cooperate, and illegally held him in inhumane conditions for his pro-Ukrainian position.

"Around 11:30 on the same day, I was brought to the office of the mayor of Nova Kakhovka, where Vladimir Leontiev and about ten other Russians in military uniforms were present. I was accused of being a representative of the Right Sector and not providing buses to transport people to events in support of the Russian invaders. I explained that I have a pro-Ukrainian position and refused to cooperate with the occupation authorities. Leontyev and other Russians did not respond to any of my objections. Then Leontyev ordered me to be "locked up" for 30 days, and to conduct a search at home, and then take me to Russia," Oleksandr Shapovalov was quoted as saying in the court's verdict.

In the building of the Novokakhovka City Council, the mayor of Beryslav was handcuffed and taken to the seized Kakhovka District Police Department. There, the Russians mocked him, threatened to shoot him and constantly interrogated him.

Катерина Глушко