Law enforcement confirms discovery of deputy Plakhotnik's body in Dnipropetrovsk region

The man found dead with a gunshot wound in the Dnipropetrovsk region has been identified as Oleksandr Plakhotnik, a former deputy mayor and member of the Batkivshchyna party.

A law enforcement source confirmed this information to Ukrinform.

"Yes, it is Plakhotnik," the source said.

Earlier reports said that a man's body was discovered on the roadside in the Kamianske district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, with a gunshot wound to the head.

Media outlets reported that the deceased was a Batkivshchyna party deputy.