This was announced by retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko.

“During an abnormal operation of the Ukrainian air defense system, a missile from a Western anti-aircraft complex, which was located in the northern quarters of the settlement, hit a civilian object,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

According to Marochko, in addition to rescue services, SBU officers went to the scene of the explosion to cover up traces of the incident.

A day earlier, an explosion occurred in Kharkov.

Later, Ukrenergo reported that it would take up to two weeks to restore power supply to Kharkov.