Smoke from an explosion in Berdyansk. June 12, 2022MOSCOW, June 12Explosions occurred in Berdyansk, said Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporozhye region. He published several videos on his Telegram channel. about the attack, but then the record was corrected. Soon, Rogov clarified that it was an accident at the transformer station. «Due to a short circuit, a fire broke out at the transformer substation of Berdyansk. One of the transformers failed. Two pops were heard due to burning oil , which burns quite loudly and explodes. The fire was quickly extinguished,» he told RIA Novosti. the substation was not found, and there are no traces of an external explosion. “Everything says that it was just a short circuit that led to a fire and an oil explosion,” said a member of the main council of the VGA. 
An explosion occurred in the port of Berdyansk during mine clearanceRussia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine since February 24. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, by the end of March, the Russian army had completed the main tasks of the first stage — it significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the department was called the liberation of Donbass. In mid-March, the Russian military took control of the Kherson and Azov parts of the Zaporozhye region. Civil-military administrations are working there, Russian TV channels and radio stations have begun broadcasting, and trade ties with Crimea are being restored. The liberated regions announced plans to become part of Russia.
