Three assassination attempts on pro-Russian officials over the past two weeks signal a growing resistance movement against the Russian authorities who have occupied parts of southern Ukraine, writes CNN..

CIA Deputy Director Avril Gaines said during a conference in Washington on Wednesday that the Kremlin is "

A series of assassination attempts in the south.

The first attack in Kherson took place on June 16, when windows were shattered in a white Audi Q7 SUV by an explosion.. The car was seriously damaged, but the target of the attack survived.. According to Russian media, the head of the penitentiary service in occupied Kherson, Yevgeny Sobolev, appointed by the occupiers, was hospitalized after the attack..

Less than a week later, a second pro-Russian official in Kherson was targeted. This time the attack was successful..

On June 24, a pro-Russian official of the Department of Youth and Sports of the Kherson region Dmitry Savluchenko was killed. Advisor to the head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Serhiy Khlan called Savluchenko a " Hlan stated: "

Recall that earlier the military revealed the details of the occupation in the Kherson region with the kidnapping and preparation of a "

And the Center for National Resistance recently developed a manual on civil resistance in the occupied territories..