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Mayor: Explosions in occupied Melitopol, building with Russian law enforcement damaged

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Mayor: Explosions in occupied Melitopol, building with Russian law enforcement damaged
The consequences of the explosions reported in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, southern Ukraine, on March 27, 2023. (Melitipol Mayor Ivan Fedorov via Telegram)

Several explosions were heard in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on the morning of March 27, reported Mayor Ivan Fedorov.

Later Fedorov said a building captured by Russian law enforcement was damaged as a result of the explosions.

Fedorov used the Ukrainian word bavovna (cotton), which refers to the explosions caused by Ukraine's attacks on Russian military infrastructure, such as ammunition depots.

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The consequences of the explosions reported in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, southern Ukraine, on March 27, 2023. (Melitipol Mayor Ivan Fedorov via Telegram)

A collaborator and one of the top proxies installed by Moscow in the occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Vladimir Rogov, reported a Ukrainian artillery strike on the city, allegedly damaging a "building near a college" and injuring four people.

Melitopol, the city of some 150,000 people in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, was occupied by Russia in late February, a few days after the all-out invasion began. It is located between Kherson and Mariupol, several kilometers north of the Black Sea coast.

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