Explosions Heard in Kiev, Ukraine-Controlled Zaporozhye

Multiple blasts were heard in the Ukraine-controlled Zaporozhye overnight, as well as in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, according to local authorities.

Explosions Heard in Kiev, Ukraine-Controlled Zaporozhye - Authorities Multiple blasts were heard in the Ukraine-controlled Zaporozhye overnight, as well as in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, according to local authorities.

"Explosions are heard in the regional center temporarily occupied by the regime of (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky. My countrymen report at least three explosions heard by the Zaporozhye residents," Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the Zaporozhye regional administration, said on Telegram.

According to Rogov, air defense was activated in Zaporozhye overnight.

The "Hyacinth-B" gun battery of the Southern Military District destroyed a group of Ukrainian armored vehicles in the direction of Zaporozhye, reports RIA Novosti correspondent.

In another post on Telegram, Rogov said that "two powerful blasts" were heard in the city of Melitopol in Zaporozhye Region at around 01:21 local time on Monday (22: 21 GMT on Sunday).

Meanwhile, Ukrainian media reported shortly after midnight that explosions were heard in Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk.

Ukrainian drone damages power installation in Bryansk Region – Governor

A Ukrainian drone attacked a power installation in the Klimovsky District, Governor of the Bryansk Region Alexander Bogomaz wrote in his Telegram account.

"A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle attacked the Klimovsky District this morning," the Governor wrote. "Nobody was injured... A power installation was damaged as a result of the delivered strike; there is no electricity in a settlement," the official said.

Rescue services are working at the incident scene.

DPR comes under Ukrainian fire twice last night

The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) twice last night, the DPR mission to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination said.

According to the mission, the Ukrainian military fired five NATO-standard 155 mm munitions at the Kirovsky District of Donetsk and another six 155 mm munitions at Gorlovka.

Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko said earlier that one of the city’s residential areas had come under fire. He added that a shelling attack had left 1,455 households in a nearby settlement without power.

Meanwhile, the Lugansk People’s Republic’s (LPR) mission to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination reported that the Ukrainian army had fired HIMARS rockets at Chmyrovka, Rubezhnoye and Svatovo.

The wife of a DPR militiaman, convicted by a Ukrainian court, recalled how her case was fabricated in order to force her husband to come to Ukraine