Russia-backed lawmaker in Ukraine's Luhansk killed by car bomb

SaltWire's Atlantic regional weather forecast for November 7, 2023 | SaltWire - A Russian-backed lawmaker in the city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine was killed in a car bomb attack on Wednesday, the region's Russian-backed governor said.

Filiponenko, who had been active in Luhansk's pro-Russian separatist movement since 2014, had served as one of the top commanders in the army of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic.

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