In the Leningrad region, near St. Petersburg, a power line pole was blown up. An explosive device was found under another support, Governor of the Leningrad Region Alexander Drozdenko said on the morning of May 1.

“At 00:01 on May 1, a power line pole was blown up on the territory of the Susaninsky settlement of the Gatchinsky district, an unknown object, presumably an explosive device, was found on the second one,” the Russian official wrote..

According to him, despite the undermining of power lines, the power supply of settlements and civil infrastructure was not disrupted, since "

In turn, the Russian pro-Kremlin telegram channel 112 writes that at one in the morning the power went out for all residents who received electricity from the Leningrad nuclear power plant..

Drozdenko added that explosives experts removed and demined the charge with a fuse from the second power line pylon and are examining other pylons of the damaged line.

Susaninsky settlement is located approximately 30 kilometers from St. Petersburg to the east.

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