Air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv and all regions of Ukraine on Sunday morning, but no new Russian strikes were reported, authorities said. The go-ahead was later given.
Unconfirmed reports on Ukrainian social media suggested that the sirens may have been activated after the Russian planes took off in Belarus and that the alarm sounded after the planes returned to their bases.
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Reuters he was unable to verify those reports.
Yuriy Ihnat, a spokesman for the Ukrainian air force, told national television on Sunday that Russian military planes flew almost 24 hours a day.
“But we have increased readiness: everything that takes off must be under our control,” Ihnat said.
Russia has carried out a series of missile and drone attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since mid-October, cutting power and causing emergency blackouts in many areas.
On Saturday, a Russian attack on the southern city of Kherson, recently liberated by Ukrainian forces, killed at least 10 people, wounded 58 and left bloody bodies along the way, authorities said, in what Kyiv condemned as a murder. meaningless for pleasure. Moscow accused Ukraine of launching the attack.
