Black smoke is rising from buildings in the center of the city, reports Reuters. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko confirms on the Telegram messaging service that there are several explosions. – Several explosions in the Shevchenko district in the center of the capital, writes Klitschko. – Details will come later, he writes further. First attack in many months The Ukrainian newspaper The Kyiv Independent writes on Twitter that at least four explosions have been reported. AFP’s journalists in the city report hearing three powerful explosions at around 08:15 local time, and that the flight arm went off about an hour earlier. Nyheitsbyrået Ap writes that there have been at least two explosions after sounds of an incoming missile were heard. This is the first time in many months that Kyiv has been hit. The explosions also appear to be much more central than Russian attacks earlier in the war, writes the BBC, which also has a team in the Ukrainian capital. Just days after the bridge explosion The reports about the explosions in Kyiv come just a couple of days after the explosions on the Kerch Bridge.
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