The attack is the latest killing of a pro-Russian figure during the war in Ukraine.
A Ukrainian car bomb attack has killed an official of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, officials from both countries said, in the latest attack against high-profile individuals branded “collaborators” and “traitors” by Kyiv for working with Russian forces.
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, the GUR, said a car bomb blast on Friday morning killed Andriy Korotky, whom it identified as the “head of physical security” at the nuclear site.
It called him a “war criminal” who “voluntarily cooperated with the Russian invaders”, provided details on “pro-Ukrainian” plant employees and “participated in the repression” of the plant’s staff.
Russian-backed authorities at the facility said Korotky was a former head of the local council in Russian-controlled Enerhodar, the city where the nuclear power plant is located.