**Man Found Dead in Ukraine**
A man’s body was discovered by the side of a road in Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, on March 28.
The victim has been identified as Oleksandr Plakhotnik, a former deputy mayor of Kamianske and member of the Batkivshchyna party. He also ran for parliament in 2014 and 2019 but was not elected.
Police found that Plakhotnik had a gunshot wound to the head. They are investigating the incident as a contract killing.
The local government party, Batkivshchyna, is shocked by the news. “We believe that this is a contract killing, we are all shocked,” said Volodymyr Fedorov, head of the party’s regional branch.
Plakhotnik was elected to the Kamianske City Council in 2015 and served until 2020.
The police have launched an investigation into Plakhotnik’s death.
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