Former deputy mayor of Kamianske was shot over a debt

Former Deputy Mayor of Kamianske Oleksandr Plakhotnyk was murdered over a debt. A suspect in the shooting has already been detained.

This was reported by the press center of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

According to investigators, the suspect decided to kill his debtor himself and had been tracking Plakhotnyk for several months. He also installed surveillance cameras near the victim’s home to monitor his movements daily.

“On the morning of March 28, 2025, the suspect arrived at Plakhotnyk’s residence. He then fired at least 10 shots at the victim with a firearm. The former official died at the scene from his injuries. After the crime, the suspect fled the scene,”the Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.

During the investigation, police seized weapons and ammunition from the suspect.

Although the murder reportedly took place at the victim’s home, his body was later found on the side of the road, raising questions about how it got there.

Investigative actions in the case are still ongoing.

As a reminder, it was previously reported that on March 28, a man’s body with a gunshot wound to the head was found by the roadside in Kamianske District, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The deceased was later identified as Oleksandr Plakhotnyk.

Additionally, on March 14, we reported the murder of activist Demyan Hanul in central Odesa. The suspect in that case is 46-year-old deserter Serhiy Shalayev.