The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine informs that on March 6, 2024, in the temporarily occupied Berdiansk, collaborator Samoilenko Svitlana Volodymyrivna, who organized putin’s pseudo-elections in the occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia region, was eliminated. 

After the enslavement of the city in 2022, the woman voluntarily cooperated with the muscovites and was given a place in the russian occupation administration.

The so-called military commandant of Berdiansk, Colonel Bardin of the russian Armed Forces, "appointed" Svitlana Samoilenko to the position of "deputy mayor for economics, agriculture and finance".

The woman’s husband and adult son also serve the russian occupiers.

The law enforcement agencies of Ukraine opened criminal proceedings on the fact of Svitlana Samoilenko's cooperation with the russian occupation army under Article 111-1, paragraph 5 of the Criminal Code.

In preparation for putin’s pseudo-election, Svitlana Samoilenko sought to curry favour with the muscovites by intimidating and terrorising Berdiansk residents, forcing them to participate in illegal fake voting.