On the morning of March 29, explosions thundered in Ukrainian Melitopol, occupied by Russian troops, after which electricity was lost in part of the city and several neighboring villages.
According to RIA Melitopol, the explosions resounded in the northern part of the city and in the area of the military airfield, in total, local residents counted up to ten “arrivals”.
Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov reportedthat one explosion occurred in the substation area of the locomotive depot.
In turn, the chairman of the movement “We are together with Russia” Vladimir Rogov declaredthat the city was shelled by the APU. He also confirmed that the locomotive depot and other objects of the city’s energy infrastructure had hit the substation. According to him, there were no casualties as a result of the explosions.
On March 27, in Melitopol, the building of a multidisciplinary college, which, according to Ivan Fedorov, housed Russian security forces, came under fire. According to Vladimir Rogov, four people were injured in the explosion.
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Melitopol is a city in the Zaporozhye region, occupied at the very beginning of a full-scale war. The Russian service of Radio Liberty, citing unnamed Ukrainian and Russian sources, writesthat it was to Melitopol that Russia transferred command of the southern front after leaving Kherson. Recently, sabotage and attempts on the Russian leadership or collaborators collaborating with it have been regularly occurring in the city, one of the latest is car explosion in the center of Melitopol at the end of December.
