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Explosions reported in Kyiv late Monday night, mayor says

28 March 2023 02:16 (UTC +04:00)

Multiple explosions were reported in Kyiv, Ukraine, late Monday night (local time), the city’s mayor, Vitaliy Klitschko, said on his official Telegram channel, APA reports.

“Explosions in the capital, initially in Obolon and Sviatoshynskyi residential districts. All services are being sent to the scene. More details will follow later,” Klitschko’s post read.

In the Sviatoshynskyi residential district, fire and rescue services are responding to the scene of a building fire, Klitschko said.

“Preliminarily, there are no casualties,” he said.

The city’s air raid sirens were activated ahead of the explosions, the Kyiv region military administration said on Telegram.

“The danger in the adjacent region to the capital city remains! Air defense forces are on the alert,” the post from the Kyiv region military administration read.