The video was posted on Telegram by Petro Andriushchenko, an advisor to the mayor of Mariupol.
"Mariupol. Good evening. Explosion. Even the faulty air defense system did not help. The occupiers were not choosing the pope by the color of the smoke. But they tried very hard. What a beautiful evening," Andriushchenko writes.
After that, there was information about hits near an airport.
At least 150 Russian soldiers have been previously detected at the base. The airport was consistently used to install air defense systems.
On May 13, Ukrainian defenders eliminated a group of Russians in the temporarily occupied Mariupol district.
An advisor to the mayor of Mariupol said that Russian troops were actively reinforcing the city's defenses in anticipation of the Ukrainian army's counteroffensive.
On Friday, May 19, Russian troops moved their helicopters from Berdiansk to Mariupol.