Ukrainian city of Berdiansk rocked by explosions

The Ukrainian city of Berdiansk, which is occupied by Russia, was rocked by a series of explosions on Thursday night.

Ivan Fedorov, the Ukrainian mayor of nearby Melitopol, told Ukrainian television: "Last night, the entire temporarily occupied city of Berdiansk woke up due to explosions."

"I think we will know the results of the liquidation of the occupiers during the day. It is interesting that yesterday between Berdiansk and Prymorsk there was also the liquidation of an ammunition depot that had been detonating for at least several hours. It was also noisy in Prymorsk yesterday," Fedorov added.

Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Russian-installed Zaporizhzhia military-civilian administration, said the attack occurred soon after 1 a.m. local time (6 p.m. ET) and claimed that air defenses had worked, destroying all five attack drones targeting the city.

"All aerial targets were hit, there were no casualties or damage," Rogov claimed on Telegram.

 Berdiansk sits on the Azov Sea and is roughly 45 miles (70 kilometers) southwest of Mariupol.

Russian military troops first occupied Berdiansk government buildings on February 27 last year, three days after Russia’s invasion began.