Explosions in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv

Created: 2022-06-26Updated: 2022-06-26 06:51

A sports complex of the Kyiv Polytechnic University destroyed by Russian shelling.

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The situation is unclear - it is not yet known whether there are injuries or deaths.

Kyiv - There were several explosions in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early in the morning.

Ambulances and rescue workers are on duty in the Shevchenko district, Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote in the Telegram news service.

Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister, wrote that eyewitnesses reported seeing rockets.

It was initially unclear whether there were injuries or deaths.

Already on Saturday there had been a rocket attack on the western Ukrainian city of Sarny, in which at least three people were killed, according to the authorities.

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