The Greek Consulate General in Mariupol was hit at around 13:00 on Sunday afternoon.

The bomber struck shortly afternoon in front of a police station, killing at least 12 people. As protothema.gr is able to know from government sources, an exchange of fire took place outside the building, now things are reportedly calm and the consulate staff, together with the consul, have been transferred to a safe shelter.

The Greek consul in Mariupol, Manolis Androulakis, is noted to be in good health and contacted the Greek authorities via satellite phone.

For about a week now the services of the Consulate General of Greece have been transferred to the building that housed the OSCE Special Surveillance Mission in the city, which was hit by bullets during street fighting at noon on Sunday.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, as informed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, contacted the OSCE Secretary General Helga Helga Schmid and they discussed both the housing of the services and the coordination for the creation of humanitarian corridors from the city.