Blast rocks Kadyrov fighters’ barracks in Russian-occupied Enerhodar

This was reported by the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine.

"As a result of the operation of the local resistance movement coordinated by the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, an improvised barracks of the Russian Guard’s Akhmat-1 special forces unit was targeted," the statement said.

According to the intelligence, after the occupation of the city, Kadyrov's militants seized and converted a building at 46 Budivelnykiv Street, where a local branch of a Ukrainian bank used to be. At 09:50, an explosion occurred at the address.

As a result, Russian personnel and cars parked in the yard were hit, and a fire broke out in the building.

"Information on the number of killed and wounded Kadyrov soldiers is currently being clarified. There were no casualties among the civilian population," the intelligence added.

The Ukrainian military intelligence also noted that after a series of explosions, occupying Russian forces urgently evacuated the local "civil-military administration". 

Currently, inspections are underway in Enerhodar, and access to the Internet is restricted.

• On August 18, an explosion occurred during a meeting of the occupation police in the temporarily occupied city of Enerhodar. As a result, the head of the city police department, Colonel Pavel Chesanov (Chuvash Republic), his deputy for operational work, the head of the investigation department, the head of the duty unit and the heads of a number of units were injured.