The Ministry of Digital Affairs of Ukraine announced that an air alert announcement was made in the Odessa and Kharkiv regions of the country and the part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by the Ukrainian authorities. Relevant data is displayed on the ministry’s online map.
According to the map, the alarm sounded at 21.40 in the Kharkiv region, at 21.54 in the Kiev-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region, and at 21.58 in the Odessa region.
Earlier, it was also reported that an air alert was announced in parts of Ukraine. Signal was coming In the Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Poltava and Cherkasy regions, as well as in the Kiev-controlled part of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation to protect Donbass in response to a request for help from the heads of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR).
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.