MELITOPOL, April 16. /TASS/. An assassination attack was committed on a member of the local legislature in the Zaporozhye Region, Vladimir Rogov, a co-chair of the Russian Public Chamber’s coordination council for the new region’s integration, said.

"Another terror attack was stage in the Zaporozhye Region. According to the latest reports, [Ukrainian] terrorists <…> blew up lawmaker of the Akimovsky district council. Details will be made public later," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

According to Rogov, the attack targeted local lawmaker and United Russia party member Anton Yakimenko.