Go to Berdyansk media bank. Archival photoBERDYANSK, Sep 24 The aim of the organizers of the explosion in the center of Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region, was an attempt to intimidate residents and disrupt the referendum, the press service of the city administration reports. improvised explosive device, no casualties. A home-made explosive device blew up a city light with a patriotic advertisement near the Eternal Flame. «The purpose of such actions is to intimidate residents and disrupt the referendum. The time was not chosen by chance — the end of the work of polling stations and precinct election commissions. Since unprecedented security measures were taken during the referendum, small hirelings of the SBU can get to could only reach an open place,» the administration said in a message published on the Telegram channel. The referendum on joining Russia started in the Zaporozhye region on Friday, September 23. Voting will last five days, until September 27 inclusive. The ballot papers contain one question: about the region's secession from Ukraine, the formation of an independent state and its entry into Russia. Zaporozhye region
