A car bomb exploded Monday morning in Melitopol, injuring two, said the pro-Russian administration of this city in southern Ukraine occupied by Russian forces, which accuses kyiv of being behind this “attack”.
“Around 8 a.m. a car bomb exploded in the center of the city,” wrote the administration of the city located near the Sea of Azov, reporting two injuries, “volunteers who brought humanitarian aid” aged 25 and 28. An investigation is underway, according to this source.
“It is a cynical terrorist act by the kyiv regime, an act intended to frighten the inhabitants of our city, an act directed once morest civilians”, accused Galina Daniltchenko, the new “mayor” of the city installed by the Russian forces. , quoted by the Russian agency Ria Novosti. Melitopol was conquered by Russian forces in the early days of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine. On March 11, its mayor, Ivan Fedorov, was kidnapped by the Russians, before being released a few days later. A pro-Russian administration was then installed in the city.
