Ukrainian authorities have confirmed that more than 100 Russian missiles were fired towards various cities in Ukraine on Thursday. These come after explosions could be heard in Kyiv, the country's capital.
An advisor to the Ukrainian President Oleksi Arestovych has stated on Facebook that over 100 Russian missiles have been fired towards various cities in Ukraine on Thursday.
This information had been previously reported by several Ukrainian authorities and media outlets after explosions could be heard in the capital of Kyiv and also triggered air raid alarms in various Ukrainian cities. These include Dnipro, Nikopol, Soemy, Kharkov, Odesa, and Zhytomyr.
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These explosions, according to Ukrainian authorities, were caused by air defence systems shooting approaching Russian missiles out of the sky.