Ukrainian blogger Artemy Surin November 20 posted on Instagram photos showing him together with the head of the Mykolayiv Regional Military Administration Vitaly Kim.
In the title photo, Kim and the blogger pose against the background of a map attached to a wall made of fiberboard; in other photographs they are captured near burnt military equipment of the Russian occupiers.
“Good morning from Nikolaev, Ukraine! The first photo shows Vitaly Kim’s secret “bunker”. This will be a journalistic exclusive in a series about the hero city. And the main hero of the city is, of course, Kim himself. I’ll add from myself: and his team,” – Surin captioned the pictures.
Context:
In 2019, during the presidential and parliamentary elections, Kim worked in the Mykolaiv regional election headquarters of the Servant of the People party; in 2020, during the local elections, he led the election headquarters and ran for deputy of the Mykolaiv City Council. Before that he was in business.
Since November 2020, Kim has headed the Nikolaev Regional State Administration. In March 2022, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, III degree, for his significant personal contribution to the defense of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
Kim and his wife Julia are raising three children.
