Air-raid warning issued across Ukraine; explosions rock Poltava and Kropyvnytskyi
The Ukrainian authorities have issued a nationwide air-raid warning due to the threat of Russian ballistic missile attacks, with media reports indicating that explosions have been heard in the cities of Poltava and Kropyvnytskyi.
The Ukrainian authorities have issued a nationwide air-raid warning due to the threat of Russian ballistic missile attacks, with media reports indicating that explosions have been heard in the cities of Poltava and Kropyvnytskyi.
Source: map of air-raid warnings; Ukraine's Air Force on Telegram; Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne
Quote from the Air Force: "Kirovohrad, Poltava, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts are under threat from ballistic weapons! Central and eastern oblasts are also under a ballistic missile threat!".
Details: Suspilne reported that explosions had occurred in Poltava and Kropyvnytskyi.
A few minutes later, the Air Force reported that a MiG-31K fighter aircraft, capable of carrying the Kinzhal missile, had taken off from the Savasleyka airfield in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. An air-raid warning has been issued across Ukraine.
Updated: The first all-clears have been sounded at 13:27. The danger lasted almost 1.5 hours.
At present, the threat to the southern and central oblasts remains.
This article has been updated since publication.
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