Air alert announced in 7 regions of Ukraine - Breaking The News

Air alert announced in 7 regions of Ukraine

16 July

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An air raid alert sounded in seven regions of Ukraine on Sunday, including the nation's capital of Kiev, according to the online map provided by the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.

The alert was triggered at 06:53 pm local time in Kiev and the Kharkiv region. Shortly after, alarms were announced in the region of Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Sumy, Poltava, and Dnepropetrovsk as well as the Kiev-controlled areas of Zaporizhzhia.

In the Zaporizhzhia region, two ammunition depots reportedly caught fire on Sunday.

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