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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Sean McPolin

Ukrainian 'traitor' who switched sides to Russia assassinated in car bomb attack

Shocking images show the moment a Ukrainian "traitor" who switched sides to help the Russians being killed in a car bomb.

Former internal security service officer Askyar Laishev defected to the Moscow-backed Luhansk People's Republic as head of intelligence in 2014.

The Russian puppet has been killed by members of Ukraine's National Resistance has he drove through the battered Donbas city in his car on August 11.

It is believed Laishev made his way out of the explosion, footage of which the Mirror has chosen not to show, but died days later in hospital.

The National Resistance stated: "We emphasise once again that collaborationism is harmful to your health, so every traitor has vain hopes that retribution will not come to him."

Askyar Laishev worked for Ukraine's internal security service before joining the Russian-backed Luhansk People's Republic (Twitter)

Earlier this week one of Putin's official's, Ivan Sushko, was also killed in Zaporizhzhia.

New footage of the moment Laishev's car exploded in Shevchenko Street, Staroblisk, in the Russian-held Luhansk, has been released.

The town has been under the control of the Russians since July.

A huge explosion is seen on screen, followed by the a flaming wreckage rolling down the road.

Surveillance footage showed the moment Laishev's car exploded (Twitter)

Photos taken in the wake of the bombing show black patches and skid marks on the road.

The footage has been shared widely after being leaked yesterday.

Video of the audacious assassination plot came as Putin planed to pull planes from Crimea after a number of his aircrafts were hit by the Ukrainians.

A secret document dated August 22 claimed Russia has already moved ten of its most capable fighter planes - six Su-35S and four MiG-31BM jets - move out of the territory it annexed from Ukraine in 2014 and will return to Russia.

Askyar Laishev died after his car was targeted by resistance fighters (Twitter)

Ukraine has not officially taken responsibility for the attacks but multiple sources, including some Ukrainian officials, have suggested their special forces are likely to have been behind the blasts.

The NATO document said that for now the Belbek airfield, close to Russia's Black Sea Fleet HQ in Sevastopol, still boasts a considerable number of military aircraft, but these are not thought adequate to maintain a consistent level of air support in the region.

The car and street were engulfed in flames after the attack (Twitter)

Moscow has instead deployed a greater number of surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft weapons systems in an attempt to protect against further strikes, according to the document.

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