Air raid alert across Ukraine as multiple explosions reported

A nationwide aerial raid alert was sounded successful Ukraine aboriginal connected Thursday, with reports of explosions successful respective cities.

The Ukrainian aerial unit said successful a Telegram station astatine 05:19 section clip (03:19 GMT) that the alert was successful unit "throughout the territory of Ukraine owed to the menace of rocket danger".

The politician of Kharkiv, Igor Terekhov, said determination was shelling of a civilian country successful the city, portion the politician of Lutsk, Ihor Polishchuk, said aggregate explosions had been heard.

Recent days person seen Russia transportation retired immoderate 1,500 aerial strikes successful Ukraine, hitting astir fractional the country's regions, according to authorities.

Ukraine's aerial unit issued further warnings of rockets heading towards galore regions astir the country, including Rivne, Vinnytsia, Kropyvnytskyi, Balta, and Mykolaiv.

Local media outlet Zerkalo Tyzhnya besides reported that explosions had been heard successful the cardinal larboard metropolis of Odesa, portion determination politician Oleg Kiper urged residents to enactment determination safe.

The country's vigor minister, Herman Halushchenko, said successful a station connected Facebook that "energy infrastructure is erstwhile again targeted by the enemy's monolithic strike".

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