On Saturday, May 7, the mayor of the temporarily occupied city of Tokmak, Zaporizhia region, Ihor Kotelevskiy, died, the Zaporizhzhia District Police Department said in a commentary to Ukrinform..

" This information was confirmed by the head of the Pologovskaya Regional State Administration Artur Krupsky. The circumstances of death are being investigated,"

According to unofficial information, the version of suicide is being considered..

Igor Kotelevsky was elected three times as Mayor of Tokmok. In 2010, 2015 and 2020. In the last local elections, he was nominated by the Opposition Platform for Life.

Since the end of February, Tokmok has been temporarily captured by Russian troops.

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