According to The Kyiv Independent, a Ukraine news outlet, two explosions were reported near Kyiv's Druzhby Narodiv metro station on Wednesday (local time).
"Near Kyiv's Druzhby Narodiv metro station, a third and fourth explosion had been heard. Kyiv has received air raid warnings. Residents must hurry to the nearest shelter as soon as possible "According to the Kyiv Independent.
Air raid alarms have also been issued in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, Mykolaiv, Lviv, Zhytomyr, and other locations, according to the Ukraine media site.
"Air raid warnings have been issued for Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, Zhytomyr, Mykolaiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Chernihiv and Chernihiv Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast, Volyn Oblast, Kirovohrad Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, , Poltava Oblast, Zaporizhzhia, and Odesa. Residents must seek shelter at the nearest available location "According to the Kyiv Independent.
Meanwhile, according to Ukrainian officials quoted by The New York Times, Russian troops have taken control of the strategically vital city of Kherson in Ukraine.
According to The Kyiv independent, a Ukraine news outlet, Kherson mayor Igor Kolykhaev remarked, "The city is surrounded."
The Russian Defense Ministry has finally revealed a figure for its deaths in the ongoing military operation, over a week after Russian troops invaded Ukrainian land and launched a blatant attack on the country. According to a statement released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, around 498 Russian soldiers have been killed and 1,597 have been injured in the ongoing military action since it began last week.
No hostage crisis in Ukraine, says External Affairs Ministry