Car explodes in Odesa in the morning

A Toyota car exploded on the morning of February 16 on Akademika Korolyova Street in Odesa.

According to the press service of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Odesa Oblast, law enforcement officers were informed about the incident by calling 102.

According to preliminary information, a 56-year-old man was injured. He was hospitalized. Operatives, investigators, forensic experts, and police explosives experts are working at the scene. The legal qualification of the incident will be determined after all the circumstances are clarified.

On February 14, police investigators in Odesa opened proceedings over a death threat and illegal handling of weapons after finding them in the car of a city businessman. The incident occurred on Pedagogichna Street. The businessman himself reported to the police about the explosives he found in his car. The police arrived at the scene and found a hand grenade fuse in the car's exhaust pipe.

On February 6, an explosion occurred in Odesa near a residential building on Akademika Korolyova Street. The driver of the car was killed. The Security Service, together with the National Police, took comprehensive measures to establish all the circumstances of the incident and the persons involved. The incident was classified as a terrorist attack. One of the versions is the possible involvement of the deceased in the manufacture of explosives that detonated due to careless handling. He could have been planning a terrorist attack ordered by Russian special services.

Law enforcement officers have not ruled out that the deceased was involved in the arson attack on three military vehicles in Odesa ordered by representatives of enemy special services. The videos were posted in a pro-Russian public disguised as Ukrainian resistance. After that, he received another assignment.

Кирило Бойко