MELITOPOL, June 12. /TASS/. Two people were injured in explosion near Interior Ministry building in Melitopol, Alexey Selivanov, deputy head of the local Interior Ministry department, said on Telegram on Sunday.

"A terrorist attack in Melitopol on the Russia Day. An explosive device was planted in a trash bin near the building of the Interior Ministry," he said. "All employees and military servicemen are alive."

He said two civilians, a man and a woman, sustained injuries. The woman was rushed to a hospital, he said. The man suffered wounds to his back.

An investigation is underway, according to the official.