"A Kremlin-appointed mayor in the occupied
city of Kherson was put in a coma and flown to Russia for treatment
after he fell ill on Aug. 3. After “five months non-stop under bullets,”
Vladimir Saldo was “simply overtired,” the deputy head of the Kherson
administration claimed, denying that he had been poisoned. Russian state
media accounts of the illness differed, with some claiming he’d had a
stroke, while others said he’d contracted COVID. But Russian opposition
media reported that Saldo had in fact been poisoned by a chef brought
into his house the day before he mysteriously fell ill. It’s thought
that 
Ukrainian military strategists are turning to residents in
Russian-occupied territories to carry out the attacks—including the
poisoning of Saldo.
These undercover guerrilla agents, or
“partisans,” were also thought to have been responsible for the
assassination of another Moscow-installed official less than 24 hours
after Saldo was taken to Moscow for treatment.
Vitaly Gur, who was appointed to be the
deputy head of the town of Nova Kakhovka near Kherson, was shot Saturday
as he left his apartment building. He died as he was being rushed to
hospital in Crimea, Russian media reported.
It’s not clear if Ukraine has plans for
future attacks behind enemy lines—but Kyiv issued a warning for Russian
vacationers on Tuesday. Alongside a picture of thick black smoke rising
from the Crimean air base, a spokesperson tweeted: “The Ministry of
Defense of Ukraine would like to remind everyone that the presence of
occupying troops on the territory of Ukrainian Crimea is not compatible
with the high tourist season." UkraineToday
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