### [2025-10-1](/feed/2025/10/1/index.md)

##### Russo-Ukrainian war
# Volodymyr Leontiev, the former Russia-installed mayor of Nova Kakhovka, is killed in a Ukrainian drone strike. 




### Sources:

1. [The Kyiv Independent](https://kyivindependent.com/drone-attacks-collaborator-in-russian-occupied-nova-kakhovka-in-kherson-oblast-kremlin-proxy-claims)
2. [The Moscow Times](https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/01/russian-installed-official-killed-in-occupied-ukraine-a90685)

### Changes:

1. Vladimir Leontyev, the Russia-installed mayor of Nova Kakhovka, is killed in a Ukrainian drone strike.  _2025-10-02 06:18:24 (First version)_
1. Volodymyr Leontiev, the former Russia-installed mayor of Nova Kakhovka, is killed in a Ukrainian drone strike.  _(Current version)_

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