Melitopol officials reported that 5 people were hospitalized with various injuries as a result of the Ukrainian Armed Forces bombing the city. It has been reported telegraph channel city administration.
“According to the updated information, five people taken as a result of the bomb attack on the peaceful Melitopol in the morning by the militants of the Kiev regime were hospitalized with wounds of varying severity,” the statement said.
City officials later estimated the number of casualties from the bombardment. grew up up to six people.
On April 2, the administration of Melitopol, as a result of the bombardment of the city by Ukrainian troops, damaged apartment. It was also reported that a bullet hit a gas pipe on Shtevneva Street. There is natural gas service on site.
Earlier, the head of the movement “We are with Russia”, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, said that the strike at the railway depot in Melitopol was preliminary. given US HIMARS missiles.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation to protect Donbass in response to a request for help from the heads of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR).
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.