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On the night of March 7, an air raid alert was declared in Kyiv and most other regions of Ukraine. It is connected with drones and cruise missile launches, and the first detections have already been made on our territory.
This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to the Telegram of the Ukrainian Air Force.
In particular, groups of missiles have already been recorded in the Kherson region and in the Black Sea. In the second case, the missiles are flying in the direction of Odessa and the Odessa region.
The threat of high-speed missiles, in particular, towards the Zaporizhia region, was also confirmed by the head of the Zaporizhia OVA, Ivan Fedorov.
Updated at 03:39
“The missiles in the north of the Nikolaev region continue to move north and northwest,” the Armed Forces said in a statement.
Updated at 03:47
During these minutes, the military reported the following regarding threats and missile movements:
- Residents of Odessa, Chornomorsk and Belgorod-Dnestrovsky were called upon to take shelter;
- groups of missiles in the south of the Kirovograd region continue to move in a north-easterly direction (vector – Kremenchug)
- rocket in the south of Nikolaev region, heading north;
- Residents of Kremenchug were also called upon to take shelter.
Updated at 04:00
The Air Force continued to issue threat alerts during this time period (03:47 to 04:00):
- missiles from Odessa and Nikolaev regions continue to move north;
- high-speed targets from Donetsk region in the direction of Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov. In Kharkov, the alarm was again declared;
- a group of missiles in the east of the Kirovograd region continues to move in a northerly direction;
- high-speed target in the north of the Kharkiv region in a southern direction;
- missiles in the Kharkiv region are heading towards the Poltava region;
- ballistics flying towards Mirgorod has been recorded;
- groups of missiles from the Cherkasy region continue to move towards Poltava;
- groups of missiles from the Odessa region are moving on a northern course;
- groups of missiles in the northwest of the Poltava region, heading northeast.
Updated at 04:05
At this moment, the missiles in the south of Vinnytsia region are heading north/northwest.
Updated at 04:15
Missiles enter the airspace of Khmelnytskyi region (vector – Dunaivtsi).
Updated at 04:21
“A group of missiles from the Khmelnytsky region is moving in the direction of the Ternopil region, a group is moving in the direction of the Chernivtsi region,” the PS report says.
Updated at 04:30
The military reported that the missile from Chernivtsi region continues to move in the direction of Ivano-Frankivsk region.
A few minutes later they added that the missile continued to move in the Ivano-Frankivsk region in the direction of the village of Bogorodchany.
Updated at 04:35
Monitoring channels write that, according to preliminary data, enemy missiles are no longer being detected at this time.
At the same time, the Air Force reported that the threat of using attack drones remains. Ukrainians were called to take shelter until the all-clear signal.
Updated at 05:28
Air Force warns of missile movement:
- in the southwest of the Dnepropetrovsk region with a northern course;
- in Sumy region with a western course;
- in the direction of Krivoy Rog from the east;
After some time, groups of missiles from the Dnipropetrovsk region began moving in the direction of the Poltava region. After which one of these groups changed course towards the Nikolaev region.
Updated at 05:39
The take-off of the MiG-31K has become known.
At that time, a group of missiles with a northwesterly course was moving in the northeast of the Nikolaev region. The Air Force also reported missiles in the north of the Kharkiv region with a southerly course and in the south of the Sumy region, which were moving towards the Poltava region.
Updated at 05:48
The Air Force called on residents of Zolotonosha and Cherkassy to take shelter and warned the Poltava region about ballistics from the Kharkiv region.
Already at 05:50 the movement of missiles/rockets was known:
- from the Kirovograd region, which were moving in the direction of the Cherkasy region. Later, the missiles changed their vector of movement to the southwest;
- in the southwest of Sumy region with a course to the south of Chernihiv;
- in the north of the Nikolaev region with a course to the north of the Odessa region;
- in the south of the Kyiv region with a western course;
Updated at 06:00
Missiles from the south of the Kyiv region are moving towards the Vinnytsia region. Residents of the village of Orativ were called to take shelter.
Where the alarm was raised
As of 03:39, the air raid siren continues to sound in most regions of Ukraine.
Let us recall that the launch of the current missiles was carried out from the Black Sea. In addition, this night the Russians launched Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Olenya airfield in the Murmansk region of Russia. If their flight is a combat mission, then Ukraine may expect another missile attack in the coming hours.
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