Powerful explosions reported near occupied Melitopol
Explosions were reported near the occupied village of Vesele in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region.
Rubryka reports, referring to the statement of Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov, that this location was a known base of the Russian occupying forces.
"The 'deep-rear' occupiers switched from being summer 'bavovna' to autumn. Yesterday after 9 p.m., it was continuously loud in the Vesele district — 50 kilometers from Melitopol," said the city mayor.
As the Melitopol leader stressed, the explosions were so powerful that the residents of the village reportedly felt the earth tremble, and Melitopol residents in the northeast of the city heard the distant sounds of explosions.
So far, Ukraine's General Staff hasn't confirmed the information.
Photo: Telegram / Ivan Fedorov / Melitopol
What we know about situation in temporarily occupied Melitopol
Melitopol, a major city in the southern part of the Zaporizhzhia region, has been under Russian occupation since the start of the invasion in February 2022.
Recently, there have been constant explosions and fires in the city. On August 27, a big fire raged in the temporarily occupied Berdiansk because the shop where the occupying troops were transporting their equipment caught fire.
On July 1, all of Melitopol, temporarily occupied by the Russian military, heard a loud explosion near the enemy's military base.
As Rubryka reported, on June 2, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov announced that collaborators had been blown up in the area of occupied Mykhailivka.
The leader of the city reported that a local businessman and collaborator — the owner of the Hetman cafe — died as a result of the incident. Fedorov noted that there were four supporters of the Kremlin in the car.
On May 12, in the temporarily captured Melitopol, a high-ranking collaborator, the so-called "acting deputy minister of construction" of the Zaporizhzhia region, was injured during an explosion.
