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Kherson official's death reported amid southern offensive
Summary
A look back at 9 November 2022, when Russian officials reported the death of Kirill Stremousov in a car crash.
What did Russian officials announce on 9 November 2022 about one of the figures in the occupation administration of Kherson? They said that Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Kherson military–civilian administration, had been killed in a car crash while travelling to Crimea.
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on the same day posthumously awarding Stremousov the Order of Courage, according to the reports.
The announcement came during the Ukrainian southern counteroffensive. That operation was launched on 29 August 2022 with the aim of expelling Russian forces occupying the southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts.
Air defence arrives
Two days earlier, on 7 November 2022, Ukraine confirmed that it had received the first delivery of the NASAMS surface-to-air missile system. Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said the system would significantly strengthen the country's armed forces.
Together, the two developments marked a day in which the Russian-installed administration in Kherson announced the loss of a senior figure, while Ukraine reported new foreign-supplied air defence capability.
