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Infrastructure facilities suffer damage in Kiev-controlled part of Zaporozhye Region

The media reported explosions in the Kiev-controlled part of the Zaporozhye Region in the early hours of Thursday

MOSCOW, July 18. /TASS/. Infrastructure facilities have suffered damage in the Kiev-controlled part of the Zaporozhye Region following overnight explosions, Ivan Fyodorov, head of the Ukrainian-installed regional administration, said.

However, he did not provide any details about the incident in his Telegram post.

Ukrainian media outlets reported explosions in the Kiev-controlled part of the Zaporozhye Region in the early hours of Thursday. Blasts also occurred in the Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava regions.

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