3 May. (EUROPE PRESS) –
Ukraine has activated the air alert on Tuesday night in all the eastern provinces of the country, in addition to the Kiev region, after explosions were heard in part of its territory.
The head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andrei Yemark, has asked citizens not to ignore the alert, and has confirmed that Ukrainian air defenses are working. The authorities of each of these regions have also reported the alert and have asked their citizens to seek refuge.
As reported by the Suspilne radio station, explosions were reportedly heard in the city of kyiv as well as in Zaporizhia and Dnipro.
The attacks come hours after an explosion derailed a freight train in Russia, in the Briansk region bordering Ukraine, with no details given about the reason for the explosion and no casualties reported.
