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Shot, stabbed and poisoned. In the Kherson region of southern Ukraine, several Russian collaborators have been the target of assassination attempts, some of them successful. Vitaly Gur, vice president of the administration of Nova Kakhovka, is one of the last names on the list. The mayor was shot as he was leaving his building and, according to Russian media, died on the way to hospital.

These are isolated cases that began to emerge scattered throughout the Kherson region. US officials believe these attempts could be a sign of a growing resistance movement against pro-Russian authorities in the occupied regions.

Bullets, explosions and poison: the weapons of the Russian resistance in Kherson

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