INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
of the victims.Investigators said they launched a criminal investigation into the explosion.Video published by law enforcement authorities
showed a blown-out entrance door to a residential building.Mash, a Telegram news channel with ties to Russian security services, reported
that a bomb went off when someone opened the door
The outlet later claimed that a woman may have unknowingly been carrying an explosive device in her purse.It was not immediately possible to
verify that report.Pilavov served as the Moscow-backed mayor of Luhansk from 2014, when pro-Russian forces seized the city, until 2023.A
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