On Wednesday, October 1, the so-called head of the occupation “Council of Deputies of Nova Kakhovka” in the Kherson region, Volodymyr Leontiev, died from injuries sustained in a drone strike. This was reported by Volodymyr Saldo, a collaborator and Gauleiter of the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region, Censor.NET reports. Leontiev is the former head of the occupation administration of the Kakhovka district and Novaya Kakhovka. In March 2022, he ordered Russian military personnel to kidnap and torture the mayor of Berislav, Alexander Shapovalov. In 2024, in Ukraine, Leontiev was found guilty in absentia and sentenced to 12 years in several cases of kidnapping people in the occupied territories for their pro-Ukrainian position.