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DONETSK – An explosion has occurred in central Donetsk, an Interfax correspondent has reported from the site.

One person was hurt, he said.

The explosion damaged four cars and broke the windows in a nearby apartment building. An investigation is underway. Emergency Situations Ministry and Interior Ministry officials are working on the site.

“A young man was hurt, he was hospitalized. It is a very densely populated area, the very center of the city. The source of the explosion was located between cars, there is a crater from the explosion in the pavement,” Vladislav Latyntsev, the head of the Donetsk Voroshylovsky district, told reporters.