Car of traitor Zubarev explodes in Melitopol – city council

On the morning of April 3, a car exploded on Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Avenue in Melitopol. The mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov made a corresponding statement. He said that the car explosion had been reported by local residents.

Ambulances and law enforcement officers who cooperated with the occupation regime immediately arrived at the scene. Later, Fedorov reported that Maksym Zubarev had been injured. He headed the occupation administration of the village of Yakymivka, located in close proximity to Melitopol.

"Zubarev always had problems with choosing the right path, so this time he must have found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time," Ivan Fedorov wrote. According to local Telegram channels, Zubarev is in serious condition.

However , there are no confirmed details of his injuries.

Maksym Zubarev (center). Photo from open sources

Local partisans claimed responsibility for the explosion. A related video address was published on the "RIA-Melitopol" Telegram channel.

"Spring hunting continues. This morning, our guys in Melitopol blew up a well-known traitor, Maksym Zubarev. This beast is still in the hospital, but our people are already there, so the job will be done.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Andryusha Siguta, Vova Rogov and Zhenia Balitsky. You guys are next. Most of the time, like rats, you are hiding out in the Crimea, but every time you come to the city, it can be your last one.

See you soon. Glory to Ukraine", the statement reads.

As previously reported, on March 27, due to an explosion in Melitopol, a building used by Russian security forces was damaged.

It was the premises of an educational institution, which the invaders used as barracks and administrative buildings of structures, in that case it was the so-called "Ministry for State Security".