Journalist shot dead near Kherson

On February 26, in the area of the village of Zelenivka (a suburb of Kherson), a civilian, journalist of the weekly "Navkolo tebe” (Around You) Shakirov Dilerbek Shukurovych was shot dead from a car. This was announced by the Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova. Dilerbek Shakirov is a member of the House of Hope Charitable Foundation. He headed the NGO "Union of Organizations of the Disabled of Kherson Region", "Kherson Center of Vermiculture". According to this fact, information was entered into the ERDR under Part 2 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine ( Violation of laws and customs of war ). An IMI representative in the Kherson region confirmed that he was indeed journalist. He was also a member of Kherson's self-defense in 2014-15.