The pro-Russian deputy chief of the district police department in Zaporizhzhia, a region in southern Ukraine partially occupied by Russians, was hospitalized on Tuesday after an explosive device detonated as he tried to open the gate of his home in Melitopol. , reports CNN. , quoted by News.ro.

Russian military in occupied Melitopol since March 2022Photo: RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Profimedia Images

“An improvised explosive device was planted, which went off when the deputy head of the State Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Zaporizhia region opened the gate on his way to work. As a result, the man received a mine-explosive wound. The victim was hospitalized in the medical unit,” said the message of the Investigative Committee of Russia, in which the name of the victim is not indicated.

The Investigative Committee of Russia announced the opening of the investigation.

“Operational investigative measures are being taken to identify the persons involved in the commission of this crime,” the Russian agency said in a statement.

The Ukrainian mayor of the city of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, who is in exile, reported that on Tuesday morning residents of the northern neighborhoods of the city heard an explosion. “According to the available data, the explosion this morning “knocked out” the deputy chief of the so-called Ukrainian Security Service in the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhia region when he was opening the gate,” Fedorov added.

Another police chief from Melitopol was killed in the explosion. The FSB allegedly detained three suspects

This incident happened after a similar explosion that happened last week, when on April 27, another head of the Melitopol police, Oleksandr Mishchenko, was killed by an improvised explosive device near the entrance of the apartment building where he lived.

The Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia on Tuesday announced the detention of three suspects “in a subversive and intelligence group, which included a citizen of Ukraine and two citizens of Russia,” allegedly involved in Mishchenko’s death.

“Before the large-scale invasion, Mishchenko headed the Azov region. After the occupation, he not only went over to the side of the enemy, but also convinced his employees to become traitors,” commented the Mayor of Ukraine, Ivan Fedorov, last week.

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