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Sun Jul 31, 2022, 08:45 PM Jul 2022

Russian Missile Kills Ukraine Grain Tycoon and It Was No Accident: Podolyak

One of the richest men in Ukraine was killed in a Russian missile strike along with his wife in the early hours of Sunday, and one politician claims that it was a targeted attack.

Oleksiy Vadatursky, 74, was a prominent tycoon in the Ukrainian grain industry, owning and operating exporting company Nibulon. He was ranked as the 24th richest person in the country and was at one point the recipient of the "Hero of Ukraine" award. He and his wife, Raisa, were killed in their home during a heavy Russian bombardment of Mykolaiv, a major city in Southern Ukraine, local officials reported on Sunday.

Oleksandr Senkevych, the mayor of Mykolaiv, said the bombardment was most likely the heaviest that the city has yet endured. Vadatursky's home was among numerous residences hit, along with a hotel, a sports complex, two schools, and a service station.

Mykhailo Podolyak, a Ukrainian journalist turned politician and adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke about Vadatursky's death, insisting that he was killed in a targeted attack. As evidence, he cited the fact that a missile directly struck the bedroom he was sleeping in.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-missile-kills-ukraine-grain-tycoon-and-it-was-no-accident-podolyak/ar-AA10a9Th

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