In the morning, Saldo wrote that Leontyev fell under the attack of the Ukrainian drone and was hospitalized. In the photo, a partially damaged building in a residential area and a car are visible from the place of shelling.
A few hours later, the collaborator died in the hospital. Saldo said that 61-year-old Leontyev died “at a combat post.”
In March, the Kherson court in absentia found Leontiev guilty of violating the laws and customs of war, reported the Center for Journalistic Investigations with reference to the verdict. For the fact that in March 2022 he ordered the Russian military to kidnap and torture the mayor of Berislav Alexander Shapovalov, Leontiev received 15 years in prison.
This is his second sentence, notes the ZHR. In March last year, the Odessa court found him guilty of the abduction of journalist Oleg Baturin, the mayor of Tauride Nikolai Rizak and the secretary of the Novokakhovsky city council Dmitry Vasiliev.
Context
Kherson and almost the entire Kherson region Russian invaders captured in February – March 2022. In November, the defense forces of Ukraine freed the right -bank part of the Kherson region from Russian invaders Together with the regional center. The left -bank part of the region, including the new Kakhovka, is in the occupation.
