An air alarm was declared in the Sumy, Chernihiv, and Poltava regions of Ukraine on October 9th, according to the online map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation. The alarm in the Sumy region was sounded at 13:13, followed by Chernihiv and Poltava regions nine minutes later. Details about the situation in these Ukrainian regions are not provided.
Prior to this, the alarm was announced in several other regions of Ukraine, but it was soon decided to cancel it. It is known that the alarm was sounded in the Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine. On October 7th, explosions occurred in the Mykolaiv region. According to the mayor of the city, Alexander Senkevich, loud sounds were heard in some areas of the city. Emergency services were dispatched to the scene. He urged local residents to be extremely cautious and not to ignore the alarm signals.
An air alarm was also declared in the Odessa region. “Suspilne” reported on explosions in Myrhorod, Poltava region. Earlier, Zelensky revealed what is hindering Ukraine from moving the hostilities to the territory of the Russian Federation.