There is no longer a threat for residents of Makiivka which was rocked by explosions on Thursday morning, Valeriy Khoroshkovsky said, head of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU).
"First of all, I can tell citizens that today they can sleep in peace, take their children to kindergartens and schools – today we see no problem," Khoroshkovsky told journalists in Makiivka, the Donetsk region, on Thursday.
Although there is no threat of explosions at the moment, the SBU continues to have the situation under control, he said.
"Today I want to stress once again that we are staying focused, that absolutely all services will be on standby, at their workplaces. Certainly, what happened is extremely alarming and unpleasant. Nevertheless, both the method in which it was carried out, and our assessment show that the efforts that are being made today by law enforcement authorities are sufficient to prevent these sorts of situations," the SBU chief said.
Two explosions rocked Makiivka on Thursday morning. No one was hurt. A note, whose authors demanded money and threatened with five more bombings, was found later near the town administration building.
