Yevgeny Balitsky, the Moscow-installed head of Zaporizhzhia region, blamed Ukrainian authorities for the attack and characterized it as an attempt to intimidate residents ahead of Russian elections.

Yevgeny Balitsky blamed Ukrainian authorities for the car bomb attack and said it was an attempt to intimidate residents ahead of Russian elections

Viktoriia Halitsina, the exiled head of the Berdiansk City Military Administration, reported on Telegram that a Russian election organizer was killed in an explosion and warned local residents to be cautious, as Russia will likely increase its forces in the city and should avoid large crowds and polling stations.

One of the organisers of the sham elections has been blown up in Berdiansk. The incident took place at 117 Hertsen Street. When the woman got inside her car, an explosive device detonated. She succumbed to her injuries in the hospital.

The woman was a member of the local election commission with the right to a decisive vote.

About one and a half kilograms of TNT-equivalent explosives were placed under the car.