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In the night from 8 to 9 August, in the temporarily occupied Melitopol, resistance forces and partisans damaged the headquarters of the party "United Russia," where the occupiers were preparing for a fake referendum. This was reported by the city mayor Ivan Fedotov against the background of the previous day when the Russian KAB destroyed a building in Zaporizhzhia. According to Fedotov, this is already the third consecutive "hellish night" for the occupiers in the city. The explosion occurred around 22:00 the day before. He also stated that the resistance forces declared a hunt for all those involved in organizing the pseudo-referendum.
"Today is a hellish night for the enemies in Melitopol — the third in a row. Yesterday around 22:00, with the forces of resistance and partisans, the headquarters of the United Russia were damaged. Today there are specific statements that a manhunt has been announced for all those involved in the pseudo-referendum in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region," said Melitopol mayor Ivan Fedotov for Radio Svoboda (Radio Liberty).
Fedotov emphasized that the resistance forces are determined to firmly oppose holding the vote.
"This shows that the resistance forces will definitely oppose (the referendum) and will act, do everything to ensure that such an event does not take place," added Melitopol mayor Ivan Fedotov.
The Telegram channel "RIA Melitopol" also reported an explosion in the city center near the United Russia headquarters. The occupiers had announced the opening of this headquarters in Melitopol back in July. At the same time, the occupiers themselves call the destruction of their headquarters "terrorism." They write that an explosion occurred inside. It is known that the headquarters is located in a seized premises of the Focusmart (Fokstrót) shopping center on Bohdan Khmelnytsky Avenue.
Occupiers are preparing a pseudo-referendum in Zaporizhzhia.
On the eve, Russian media reported that the head of the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region, Yevhen Balytsky, who calls himself the "head" of the Russian administration of Zaporizhzhia, signed an order to hold a pseudo-referendum on joining the occupied part of the region to Russia. Currently, Russian troops control about 60% of Zaporizhzhia region, while the regional center Zaporizhzhia remains under Ukrainian control.
The Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly stated that all occupied territories will be liberated, and any pseudo-referenda there have no legal effect. Resistance forces in the occupied territories continue to act against representatives of the occupation administration and infrastructure involved in fake voting.
Earlier Informator reported that Russia attacked the territory of a shopping mall in Zaporizhzhia, injuring a person, and that the occupiers continue massive shelling of the frontline city daily. We also wrote that Russia attacked the market and private sector in central Zaporizhzhia, resulting in a woman being injured, and utilities serving the city were responding to the impact in several districts.
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