Explosion reported in Zaporozhye by Ukrainian media

Moscow, June 4 – The explosion took place in the city of Zaporozhye, according to the Ukrainian version of “Zerkalo Nedeli”.

Later, local authorities reported that an air alert was declared in the Kiev-controlled Zaporozhye region from 01.32 (coinciding with Moscow time).

Today, more than 70% of the Zaporozhye region is under Russian control, while the former regional center of the region, the city of Zaporozhye, remains under the control of Ukrainian forces. The Zaporizhia region became a constituent entity of the Russian Federation after the referendum held in September 2022, the results of which Kiev does not recognize and continues to bomb the region; Since March 2023, Melitopol has temporarily become the administrative center of the region.

The attacks on the Ukrainian infrastructure of the Russian Armed Forces began on October 10, 2022, two days after the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, which, according to the Russian authorities, was left behind by the Ukrainian special services. And launching strikes on energy facilities, the defense industry, military command and communications. Since then, air raid alerts have been announced in Ukrainian regions every day, and sometimes throughout the country. At the moment, almost the entire territory of Ukraine, with the exception of the western regions, has declared an air alert.