It is reported that in the semi-occupied Zaporozhye region, a counteroffensive of Ukrainian troops is underway in order to liberate the territory, including the nuclear power plant, and Melitopol.

On Monday morning, there were reports of explosions at the barracks of the occupying army in Melitopol, the main city of the Russian-held Zaporozhye region and the seat of the so-called transitional local government, which has been arbitrarily absorbed into the Russian Federation since September last year.

According to the exiled Ukrainian mayor of a city with a Greek name in southeastern Ukraine, the explosions were heard in areas where Russian and pro-Russian forces are stationed in Melitopol.

“And it’s good, no one is younger than Melitopol. In addition, several explosions are already heard in the city. We find out what the enemy is doing at the moment. We are waiting for good news from the Armed Forces,” Mayor Ivan Fedorov wrote on his Telegram account on Monday morning .

He then adds that the explosions were heard “in the neighborhood of the Joker Cafe and the enemy barracks,” accompanying his post with today’s photo of the smoke from the explosions.

It is possible that the explosion was caused by the actions of local Ukrainian resistance, which last Thursday claimed responsibility for the explosive device, because of which a pro-Russian police officer in Melitopol was hospitalized in serious condition.

According to state media in Kyiv, 300 regular Russian soldiers have been deployed to occupied Melitopol.

Last week, the head of a Zaporozhye pro-Russian party complained to Moscow that Ukrainians were diverting forces south of Zaporozhye to counterattack and retake the territory that hosts Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which provides electricity to much of a free Ukraine. but also in Melitopol.

Regular Russian forces are reportedly currently leaving the battle in Bakhmut, western Donbass, which has been raging for months with little progress for the Russians, the Russian Wagner mercenary company, and local Russophiles, and are being moved to other areas of occupied Ukraine to prevent a spring counteroffensive by Kiev troops. , which is said to have just begun.

Source: Ukrinform, TASS