Volodymyr Struk

Volodymyr Struk
Mayor of Kreminna
In office
25 October 2020 – 2 March 2022
Member of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
12 December 2012 – 27 November 2014
Personal details
Born
Volodymyr Oleksiiovych Struk

(1964-05-15)15 May 1964
Lozivske, Slovianoserbsk Raion, Voroshylovhrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died2 March 2022(2022-03-02) (aged 57)
Kreminna, Ukraine
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyParty of Regions
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EducationLuhansk State University of Internal Affairs

Volodymyr Oleksiyovych Struk (Ukrainian: Володимир Олексійович Струк; 15 May 1964 – 2 March 2022) was a Ukrainian politician. He was kidnapped and killed in March 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, when he was serving as mayor of the city of Kreminna, Luhansk region, at the time under control of the Ukrainian government.[1] His killing has been reported as a response to his pro-Russia separatist activities[2] and was denounced as an extrajudicial execution and a war crime by a representative of the internationally unrecognized Luhansk People's Republic.[3]

  1. ^ Steinbuch, Yaron; Narizhnaya, Khristina (3 March 2022). "Pro-Russian mayor of Ukrainian city reportedly killed after being kidnapped from home". New York Post. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  2. ^ Matyash, Tanya (2 March 2022). "На Луганщині знайшли застреленим мера-сепаратиста Струка" [In Luhansk region, the separatist mayor Struk was found shot dead]. LB.ua. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  3. ^ "В ЛНР назвали военным преступлением убийство оппозиционного украинского политика" [LPR called the murder of a Ukrainian opposition politician a war crime]. TASS. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-14.