“At 15:11, the police received a message about an explosion that occurred near the Mariupol City Zoo.

According to available information, the head of the Mariupol city administration Konstantin Ivashchenko was supposed to be there on a working visit at that time, ”the Donetsk News Agency quotes the department.

It was previously established that an improvised explosive device containing submunitions went off.

On August 20, the media reported that an attempt was made on the mayor of Mariupol Konstantin Ivashchenko, he was not injured.