Russian security forces announced the detention of five people whom they suspect of involvement in the killing of the Novokakhovka collaborator Volodymyr Leontiev.
Occupation media write about the detentions.
The names of the detainees have not been released, but Russia-controlled outlets circulated their photos.
The Russians claim that explosive materials and firearms were seized from the suspects.
The Russian side also says that the detainees could have been preparing other attacks on representatives of the occupation administration.
It should be noted that earlier Ukrainian partisans who took part in the liquidation operation said that those who were directly in Nova Kakhovka were evacuated to territory controlled by Ukraine. This was back in October of last year.
Recall, Leontiev was blown up using an explosive device by members of the Resistance Movement. This happened on October 1, 2025.
Volodymyr Leontiev – former head of the occupation administration of Kakhovskyi district and Nova Kakhovka.
In March 2022 he gave the order to Russian servicemen to abduct and torture the mayor of Beryslav, Oleksandr Shapovalov, for which Valerii Leontiev was sentenced to 15 years.
In April 2022 Leontiev received a suspicion of collaborationist activity. In the summer of the same year he was notified of a suspicion of involvement in the abduction of journalist Oleh Baturin.
In 2024 Leontiev was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the illegal imprisonment of a journalist from the Kakhovka newspaper, the mayor of Tavriisk and the secretary of the Nova Kakhovka city council.