This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission.
Emergency officials in Russia’s southwestern Krasnodar region said on July 22 that an explosion completely leveled a shopping center in the city of Apsheronsk.
The regional prosecutor’s office said the building was destroyed by a gas explosion. Rescue workers managed to rescue one person from under the debris and are looking for more.
At least 15 people who were standing at a bus stop nearby were also injured, of whom three were hospitalized.
Russia’s southern regions suffered a mass drone attack overnight.
At the moment there is no information that the explosion was linked to that attack.
