On the night of August 20, powerful explosions rang out in the temporarily occupied Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia oblast.
The legitimate mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov, said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces hit one of the Russian military bases, which the occupiers are trying to restore near the airfield.
"The collaborators immediately reported to the ʼelder brotherʼ that their air defense system had worked. It worked so well that the smoke is still coming. However, if the Russians have such air defense systems, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will definitely get them as soon as possible," Fedorov noted.
The occupiers claim four explosions. Ukrainian troops tried to hit the city, but the anti-aircraft defense allegedly worked, writes the Russian propaganda media RIA Novosti.
- Melitopol has been temporarily occupied by Russian troops since February 26. The occupiers, together with their collaborators, shot Propaganda stories for Russian TV channels, staged a 9 May demonstration and hung the Soviet flag in the center of the city. In addition to widespread propaganda, people are kidnapped in Melitopol, abandoned apartments are looted, and roadblocks are set up throughout the city. Currently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are actively destroying Russian troops in the city.