An air alert has been declared throughout Ukraine

According to Kommersant, the chairman of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, Mykola Lukashuk, warned Ukrainians about rocket fire, recommended charging their phones and stocking up on water. The head of the Kiev regional military administration, Alexey Kuleba, announced the threat of a strike on the territory of the region.Shortly after the announcement of the air alert in the country, the Ukrainian media reported explosions in Kiev and the Kiev region and missile flights over the territories of other regions.

"There are reports of explosions in the Kiev region.

Preliminary - the work of air defense," the publication "Country.ua" (quoted by RIA Novosti).It is noted that near Kiev, according to preliminary data, a rocket was shot down.

The mayor of Kiev confirmed information about several explosions on the territory of the Ukrainian capital."Several explosions occurred in Kiev," said Klitschko, whose words are transmitted by the Telegram channel "Before everyone else.

Well, almost.".The sounds of explosions were also heard in Odessa, Kharkiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and other cities of the country.

The Ukrainian energy company DTEK reported an emergency blackout in Kiev and the Odessa region, as reported by RIA Novosti. The authorities of Krivoy Rog announced a preventive power outage due to an air alert.