Air alarm has been declared in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine. This information was obtained from the official resource for public notification.
The alarm messages were heard at 7:56 local time (8:56 Moscow time).
On the same morning, an industrial facility in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine was damaged. The damaged facility is located in the city of Nikopol. No further details were provided.
In the morning of March 15, an air alarm was declared in Kiev and the Kiev region. Prior to this, the alarm was announced at 7:08, and residents were urged to gather in shelters. A few minutes later, the alarm was cancelled.
Around four in the morning, the head of the Kiev City Military Administration, Colonel General Sergei Popko, reported explosions in the Ukrainian capital. According to him, Kiev was attacked by unmanned aerial vehicles. Air defense systems were activated on the outskirts of the city. Popko called on the residents of Kiev not to leave shelters until the declared air alarm is over.
Earlier, the United States announced a serious strike on Ukraine’s air defense system.