Ukrainian media report explosions in Kyiv.
According to them, a rocket was seen in the sky over the Ukrainian capital.
Social networks also reported that as a result of explosions in one of the districts of Kyiv, power outages began. According to local residents, the city was covered with a cloud of smoke.
According to the deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Timoshenko, three explosions took place in the capital of Ukraine.
“Kyiv. Three explosions at energy infrastructure facilities”he wrote in the Telegram channel.
Information about the explosions was also confirmed by the mayor of the city, Vitali Klitschko.
Earlier it was reported that in Kharkov, as a result of morning explosions, the subway stopped working. Explosions were reported in Krivoy Rog and Dnipro.
Earlier it was reported that an air alert was declared throughout Ukraine.
Recall that on October 10, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin held an operational meeting with the Security Council, at which he stated that the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge, which was carried out on October 8 by the Ukrainian special services, should not be left unanswered. At the suggestion of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and according to the plan of the General Staff, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a massive strike with long-range precision weapons on energy, military command and communications facilities of Ukraine. Explosions occurred in Kyiv, Kharkov, Lvov, Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipro, Zaporozhye, Odessa and other large cities. As noted in the Ministry of Defense, all goals were achieved.
The next day, October 11, the Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian Armed Forces had continued to deliver a massive strike against military command and energy facilities in Ukraine. From the Ukrainian media, it became known about explosions in Krivoy Rog, Rivne, Kyiv region, as well as in the city of Zaporozhye and Mykolaiv region. Later it was reported that explosions were also heard in Lvov. An air alert was declared throughout Ukraine.
At a press conference in Astana on October 15, Vladimir Putin said that the Russian Defense Ministry had not hit seven more targets in Ukraine out of 29 planned. And on October 17, it became known that the Russian military continued to strike at military command and control facilities and the energy system of Ukraine. The Ukrainian media reported on powerful explosions in the center of Kyiv. It was also reported that the air alert was again announced in the Kyiv region. According to a number of media reports, the alarm was also sounded in the Zhytomyr, Vinnitsa, Cherkasy, Kirovograd, Nikolaev and Odessa regions. Later, two new explosions were reported in Kyiv in the Shevchenko district and strikes on critical infrastructure.
Source: Ren TV
