Regional governor says air defence systems are at work as air raid sirens sound in capital city and surrounding area
Explosions in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, have been heard in the early hours of Wednesday.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said that blasts hit the city’s central Shevchenkivskyi district early on Wednesday. “Emergency services dispatched,” Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app. “Details later.”