In Ukraine, an air alert was declared in the Kirovograd region. This is evidenced by the data of the online map of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
It was stated that at 12:06 Moscow time, sirens sounded in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, which are controlled by the Kiev authorities.
It was announced at 12:26 in the Kirovograd region.
Early air raid warning announced in five regions of Ukraine. Sirens sounded in Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions, as well as in the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Kiev-controlled Zaporozhye region.
On October 10, the Russian army began attacking Ukraine’s energy and military infrastructure in response to the explosion at the Crimean bridge.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.