– Rocket attacks against facilities with critical infrastructure are ongoing in Kyiv, government advisor Kyrylo Tymoshenko writes on Telegram on Saturday morning. Kyiv’s mayor, Vitaliy Klitschko, says the east side of the city, Dniprovskij, has been hit by attacks. Several power plants are located there. People are asked to stay in shelters. The mayor says that remnants of incoming missiles have fallen in the Holosiivskij district, over an area where no people live. No people are affected, says Klitschko. According to CNN, a thick fog has settled over much of the city. This makes it difficult to identify exactly where the attack hit. No injuries have yet been reported following the attack. The explosions were heard around 6 p.m. local time on Saturday. – A fire broke out in a critical infrastructure facility. Response teams are on site. So far, no injuries have been reported, says the head of the Kyiv region military administration, Oleksij Kuleba. The last time the Ukrainian capital was attacked was New Year’s Eve. Unclear who is behind the explosions It is not yet clear whether the explosions are due to the attacks or Ukraine’s air defense. Oleksandr Pavliuk, a Kyiv-based commander in the Ukrainian army, says the explosions in Kyiv were not caused by Russian attacks. “The explosions are not connected to the threat from the air force or air force, or to any military actions. If there was a threat you would have heard the alarm. The cause of the explosions will be reported separately,” writes Pavliuk on Telegram. Explosions in Zaporizhzhya and Kharkiv Two other Ukrainian cities also report explosions early Saturday. Ukrainian government officials say explosions were heard in southeast Zaporizhzhya and northeast Kharkiv. “The enemy is attacking Zaporizhzhya again. No detailed information yet about explosions or damage,” writes Zaporizhzhia city council secretary Anatolii Kurtev on Telegram. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov says Russia has fired four S-300 missiles, two of which hit the city. Warns of new attacks on Saturday The governor of the Cherkasy region in Ukraine warns that Russia will carry out massive rocket attacks later on Saturday. He urges residents to seek refuge when the alarm goes off. At the same time, the governor of Mykolaiv county says that 17 Russian bombers have taken off, reports the Reuters news agency.
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