A powerful explosion reportedly took place in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region, which has been seized by Russian occupants. This was reported by the local RIA-Melitopol.
"At about 7:50 there was a powerful explosion in the center of the city. According to preliminary data, it exploded in the area of the shopping center Kvartal, where the multi-storey building of the pseudo-governor of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky is located. It is not ruled out that saboteurs went off. At the present time in the center of the city Melitopol residents are watching". , - is said in the message.
Melitopol residents living near the streets of Heroes of Ukraine, Peter Doroshenko, Bogdan Khmelnitsky, as they say, the windows and walls in the houses were shaking.
It is indicated that the central square in Melitopol was fenced off after the explosion. It is on the square that the so-called "civil-military administration" of the occupants and collaborators is reportedly located. "The Russian invaders were riddled with fear. In the city, military equipment is driving along Interkulturnaya Street, sirens are howling," the report said.
According to unverified reports, two women and a young man were wounded. "RIA-Melitopol" also notes that there is also information that the daughter of the late fake governor Yevgeny Balitsky's late brother might have been injured.
Russian guardsmen, police, and military officers are said to be examining some package on the sidewalk.
