Car explosion in Berdiansk: So-called "commandant" lost his legs and is fighting for life
ALONA MAZURENKO — TUESDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 2022,19:35
Russian occupation authorities have denied the death of Artem Bardin, the so-called "commandant" of the Russian-occupied city of Berdiansk, in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, whose car exploded in the city centre. They reported that Bardin had lost both his legs and the doctors are fighting for his life.
Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlets RIA Novosti and TASS.
Details: At first, collaborators and state traitors to Ukraine informed Russian propagandists that Bardin had died of his injuries. However, they later retracted this information.
Instead, collaborators with the occupiers have said that Bardin lost both his legs and lost a significant amount of blood.
Quote: "Reports of the death of Artem Bardin, the ‘commandant’ of Berdiansk, have not been confirmed. Despite severe injuries, losing both his legs in the explosion, and severe loss of blood, he has survived. Doctors are continuing to fight for his life."
More details: On 6 September, Bardin’s car exploded in occupied Berdiansk and he was taken to hospital in severe condition.
Russian occupying authorities had appointed Bardin as the so-called "commandant" of the Berdiansk soon after occupying the city.
Background:
- An explosion shook the Russian-occupied city of Berdiansk on 26 August. Oleksandr Koliesnikov, the so-called "deputy head of the traffic police" (State Automobile Inspection), died from shrapnel wounds following the explosion.
- Russian media reported that on the morning of 24 August, Ivan Sushko, the Russian-appointed leader of Mykhailivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast,was killed in a car explosion.
- On 23 August, Ihor Telehin, the self-proclaimed "deputy" of the so-called "head of the internal policy department", was blown up in a targeted explosion in the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson Oblast. Telehin survived the assault.
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