At approximately 0520 EST, several large explosions were detected near the Mariupol Airport in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
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Ukraine-appointed Mariupol mayoral adviser Andryushchenko was the first public official to comment at 0535, claiming that those explosions were targeting a meeting of Self-Declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) leader Pushilin at the airport.
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The DPR or Russian authorities have made no comment as of this publication.
This is developing.