Russian occupiers could launch missiles from Tu-95 strategic bombers into Ukraine.
This was reported at 01:33 in the official Telegram channel of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. “It is likely that cruise missiles were launched from Tu-95 strategic bombers from the Volgograd region,” the report says. The military added that the missiles could enter the country's airspace after 02:00. An air alert has now been declared in Sumy, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Kharkov and Donetsk regions.
Information is being updated...
Updated at 03:51: Missile threat cleared. However, Russian tactical aviation remains active in the east and south.
Updated at 03:14: Another group of missiles in the direction of Zhitomir, stay in shelters.
Updated at 03:08: Heading for Ozernoye/Zhitomir.
Updated at 03:05: Past Skvira (Kiev region) in the direction of Zhytomyr region.
Updated at 03:03: The missile from the Cherkasy region changed course to Kyiv. The movement vector is Bila Tserkva.
Updated at 03:00: The previous missiles continue to move through the Cherkasy region in a southwestern direction.
Updated at 02:54: Two more groups of missiles through the Chernigov region in the direction of Kyiv.
Updated at 02:52: The missiles enter the airspace of the Kiev region and fly in the direction of the Cherkasy region. Kanev, take cover.
Updated at 02:41: Two groups of missiles in the Chernihiv region, vector - Kiev region.
Updated at 02:38: A new group enters through the Sumy region.
Updated at 02:36: The first group of cruise missiles in the Chernigov region, flying towards Kyiv.
Updated at 01:41: A missile threat was declared in the eastern regions due to the threat of cruise missile launches from Tu-95MS aircraft.