An explosion occurred at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid

"Spanish police said a member of the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid was injured in an explosion on Wednesday", - Reuters reported.

The agency notes that an employee of the Ukrainian embassy received minor injuries, after which he went to the hospital on his own and was hospitalized.

Information about a slight injury to an embassy employee was also voiced by the Spanish edition of Europa Press. According to agency sources, the incident was reported at 13:15 local time. It is noted that the explosion occurred during the opening of an envelope in which a compact explosive device was hidden. The embassy security service had previously found nothing suspicious in the correspondence.

Police, criminologists, dog handlers and specialists from the Tedax division, which specializes in the disposal of explosive devices, arrived at the scene. The area around the embassy has been cordoned off. Intelligence was involved in the investigation of the incident.