MOSCOW, May 31. Air raid alert declared in nine regions of Ukraine , according to data from the online map of the country’s Ministry of Digital Transformation.
According to the resource, the alarm sounds in the Kharkov, Sumy, Poltava, Cherkassy, Kirovograd, Dnepropetrovsk, Vinnitsa, Nikolaev and Odessa regions.
The alarm in the Kharkov region sounds for more than 12 hours. The alarm spread to other regions after 19.23 Moscow time.
The Russian Armed Forces began striking the Ukrainian infrastructure on October 10, 2022 — two days after the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, which, according to the Russian authorities, was behind the Ukrainian special services. Strikes are being carried out against energy, defense industry, military command and communications facilities throughout the country. Since then, air raid alerts have been announced every day in Ukrainian regions, sometimes throughout the country. At the same time, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov stated that Russian troops in battles with the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not attack residential buildings and social infrastructure.