“Yes, indeed, there was an explosion, it was heard in some areas of Donetsk.
But they quickly found out everything right away, because, of course, we keep the situation under control and we must do it especially now, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
According to him, the explosion occurred on the territory controlled by Ukraine, somewhere 1-1.5 km from the line of contact, near the village of Opytnoe.
“What exploded is not clear.
Visibility is poor, fog prevented our servicemen from finding out what really happened there.
For our part, we do not exclude that this may be some kind of provocation that was filmed by journalists, or something else, ”he added.
Earlier, the media and Telegram channels reported an explosion in Donetsk.
Pushilin later commented to RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan about reports of an explosion in Donetsk.