A car bomb killed a woman who was a member of the Moscow-installed local election commission in the Russian-occupied city of Berdyansk in Ukraine's eastern Zaporizhzhya region on March 6. Russia's Investigative Committee said it launched a probe into the "terrorist attack." According to the committee, a handmade explosive device planted under the driver's seat of the vehicle detonated, severely injuring the woman, whose identity was not disclosed. The woman died hours later in hospital. Since Russia has installed officials in areas it has taken control of since launching its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, several have been killed or injured in attacks.
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