Car Bombing Claims Russian-Backed Politician in Ukraine

A Kremlin-backed politician, Mikhail Filiponenko, was killed in a car bomb attack in the occupied Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine. Filiponenko, a former head of Luhansk's local militia, had been fighting against Kyiv since 2014. This incident adds to a series of attacks and assassinations targeting high-profile supporters of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Russia's Investigative Committee has launched a criminal investigation into the car bombing, while Moscow has accused Ukrainian secret services of being behind previous attacks.