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  26 Aug 2024, 12:57

Explosions heard in Kyiv: AFP

KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 26, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - At least seven explosions rang out on

Monday morning over the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, AFP journalists heard, amid a
nationwide alert warning against Russian aerial attacks.

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine stretches into its third year, Russia
launched another series of attacks on Monday morning.

The governors of the southern regions of Odesa and Zaporizhzhia, as well as
the governor of the northern region of Kharkiv, said on Telegram there had
been explosions in their regions and urged people to take shelter.

"An apartment building was damaged as a result of an enemy attack in Lutsk,"
the mayor of the central city Igor Polishchuk also said, adding one person
had died.

Earlier, an attack on an industrial facility in the central region of Poltava
wounded five people, governor Filip Pronin said.

Ukraine's energy operator DTEK announced some emergency power outages.