The Gauleiter of Nova Kakhovka Arrested Due to Scandalous Video on Victory Day.

In Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, the head of the occupation administration Vitaliy Hura was detained. He became known due to a video in which he insults during a recorded greeting for Victory Day.

Russian military correspondents were the first to report on the detention of the representative of the occupying authority. It is stated that Hura was taken to the police, after which he was transferred to the pre-trial detention center. The head of the occupation management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kherson region insists on personal control of the situation.

Hura is accused of negligent attitude towards military glory (according to Article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Earlier, a 20-second video appeared on social media, in which Hura, recording a greeting for Victory Day near a Soviet monument, laughs, screams, and insults: 'Where's the money?'.

During the detention, the official did not smile and even resisted. He now faces arrest, along with dismissal and a case of desecration of military glory symbols, Russian media report.

Vitaliy Hura is suspected of collaboration with the enemy, as the head of the local occupation administration. The first suspicion was announced to him in December 2022.

Before the occupation of Nova Kakhovka, Hura was the elder of Dnipyany of the local community, having worked for many years under the control of the mayor Volodymyr Kovalenko. In 2019, he was the chief mechanic of the municipal enterprise 'City Vodokanal' of the Nova Kakhovka City Council, specifically a specialist at JSC 'Khersongaz' and KP 'Thermal Networks'.

Since the beginning of the Russian occupation, Hura sided with the enemy and participated in repressions against the heads of communities in Kakhovka district. In 2022-2023, he was the deputy of the then Gauleiter of Nova Kakhovka Volodymyr Leontyev.

Earlier, there were reports of an assassination attempt on Vitaliy Hura. Russian Telegram channels claimed his murder, but a month later it became known that all this was a fabrication by the Russian FSB. On March 13, 2023, Hura was wounded during an unsuccessful assassination attempt near the restaurant 'Tasty Country' in Nova Kakhovka.

The Bureau for Economic Security completed the pre-trial investigation of the collaborator who was in charge of critical infrastructure during the occupation of Kherson.