NEW YORK, March 7. /TASS/. The explosion in Odessa, about which the Greek newspaper Proto Thema reported the day before, occurred 500 meters from the motorcade of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and visiting Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, CNN reported, citing a source.

According to TV channel, the participants in the motorcade felt the impact and noticed a "mushroom cloud" of smoke. As a result, neither Zelensky nor Mitsotakis were injured, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy, Dmitry Pletenchuk, told the TV channel.

On March 6, a delegation led by the Greek prime minister arrived in Ukraine and met with Zelensky. A Greek newspaper reported that the Ukrainian president's motorcade, which was 150 meters from the Greek delegation led by Mitsotakis, was attacked by a drone at noon in Odessa. The newspaper later speculated that a missile had exploded.