An explosion rang out near the central market in Melitopol. The local publication "RIA Melitopol" writes that, according to preliminary information, a military store was blown up. Three people were injured, including probably a Russian soldier.
The occupying authorities declared that this was a "terrorist attack by the Ukrainian special services, aimed at intimidating citizens on the eve of the referendum."
The mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov, said that this was a provocation. According to him, the occupiers themselves set up an explosion in order to accuse the Ukrainian authorities of terror on the eve of the pseudo-referendum.
He clarified that "six Russian soldiers were injured, including those who were eliminated" at the hands of the occupiers.