The three blasts in Kirovohrad were “not connected” with President Viktor Yanukovych’s visit, a senior law enforcement official told the Kyiv Post.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment on the situation, said the blasts early Friday outside the prosecutor’s office, a police building and the courthouse were the work of regional gangs and were a local affair.
Yanukovych earlier said an investigation had begun, and if the blasts were staged by his opponents to intimidate him, they would be brought to justice.
The blasts rang out early Friday at 02:50 in the city of Kirovohrad in central Ukraine, where Yanukovych later arrived on a working visit.
Fragments of an artillery missile, parts of a clock and a cylindrical battery were found at the scene.
No injuries were reported, and no details were disclosed.
