The head of Energodar was injured in the explosion, a source said

Andrey Shevchik, Acting Head of the Energodar City Military and Civil Administration. Archival photo MELITOPOL, May 22. The head of the administration of the city of Energodar in the Zaporozhye region, Andrey Shevchik, was injured in the explosion, a source in emergency services told RIA Novosti. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the mayor is in intensive care, no other details were reported. Earlier, the Russian military took control of the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region. Civil-military administrations were formed in the region. Thus, it was possible to completely cut off Ukraine from the Sea of ​​Azov. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian army strikes only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. The agency called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.