A series of explosions thundered across Ukraine – what is known about missile strikes
In the Kirovohrad, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Poltava, Kharkiv and Vinnytsia regions, information appeared about a number of explosions.
Updated at 01.10 on August 8. Suspilne Kharkiv reports at least three explosions that rang out in the city. According to the publication, previously all the explosions took place outside Kharkiv.
Updated at 23.15. The Russian occupiers shelled Kharkiv, in particular, missile strikes were recorded in the Kyiv region. In advance, there is a hit on an infrastructure object. This was announced by the mayor of Kharkiv Igor Terekhov.
According to him, there were at least seven explosions. There is currently no information on the victims.
Updated at 22.55. Several rockets hit military facilities in the Vinnytsia region. There are casualties, Serhiy Borzov, head of the Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration, said.
The type of missiles is set by the relevant services. The reasons for the failure of the missile warning system are being investigated.
Updated on 22.10. There is no information about arrivals in the Poltava region. This was announced by the head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration, Dmytro Lunin.
Updated at 22.00. No emergency situations have been recorded on the territory of the Cherkasy region. Information about explosions has not been confirmed. This was announced by Zoya Vovk, the head of the communication sector of the National Security Service of Ukraine in the Cherkasy region.
Updated at 21.00. Information about explosions in Kyiv and Kirovohrad regions has not been confirmed. However, explosions were recorded in the Poltava and Vinnytsia regions.
Updated at 20.47. Explosions in Cherkasy and Poltava regions are confirmed, but no information about explosions was received from services in Kropyvnytskyi and Kirovohrad regions. This was stated by Iryna Primak, an employee of the press service of the Regional Military Administration.
Updated at 20.16. The mayor of Kremenchuk confirmed that explosions were heard. However, no emergency situations have been recorded in the city.
At that time, there was no air alert signal in the indicated regions. However, information about explosions in the Vinnytsia region before the start of the emergency signal was confirmed.
