RIA Novosti: an explosion occurred near the beach in Mariupol

No casualties have been reported.

Eyewitnesses said that the column of water after the explosion rose to a height of about 30 m.

Earlier, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a case due to the mining by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of 45 km of the coastal strip of the Sea of ​​​​Azov in the Donetsk People's Republic.