“Today, Ukrainian terrorists attempted to assassinate the head of the USIN in the Kherson region, Yevgeny Sobolev,” a source in the Russian law enforcement agency told RIA Novosti.
Unidentified people set up an explosive device at the parking lot of Sobolev's car.
He is currently in the hospital, his life is not in danger.
Earlier it became known that the mayor of Energodar and two of his bodyguards were injured as a result of the explosion of an improvised explosive device planted in the entrance of the mayor's house.
The Investigative Committee of Russia launched an investigation into the assassination attempt.