Explosions thundered in the city of Zaporozhye controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces

The explosion thundered in the city of Zaporozhye controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Public television channel reports. Later, the channel again reported explosions in the city.

Zaporozhye region is a region of Russia located in the lower reaches of the Dnieper. It became part of Russia following a referendum in September 2022. Kiev does not recognize its results and continues to shell the territory. Currently, more than 70% of the Zaporozhye region is under Russian control, the rest, including the regional center, the city of Zaporozhye, is held by Ukrainian troops. Since March 2023, the administrative center of the region has temporarily become the city of Melitopol.

Russia began striking at the Ukrainian infrastructure on October 10, 2022 — two days after the terrorist attack on The Crimean bridge, behind which, according to the Russian authorities, there are Ukrainian special services. Strikes are being carried out on energy, defense industry, military administration and communications facilities. Since then, an air alert has been announced every day in the Ukrainian regions, sometimes throughout the country.