Kyiv Placed on Alert Twice Overnight Over Ballistic Missile Threat

Ukraine’s Air Force issued two ballistic missile warnings overnight, prompting Kyiv authorities to urge residents to seek shelter. The second alert was lifted at 2:06 a.m., with no strikes, damage or casualties reported.

Air raid sirens sounded twice across Kyiv and several other Ukrainian regions in the early hours of Saturday after warnings of a possible Russian ballistic missile attack.

Ukraine’s Air Force warned of a “threat of the use of ballistic weapons from Taganrog,” a Russian city near the Ukrainian border.

The Kyiv City Military Administration urged residents to immediately seek shelter and remain there until the alert ended.

The first ballistic missile warning was issued at 12:44 a.m. A second alert followed later in the night and was lifted by the Air Force at 2:06 a.m.

No missile strikes, damage or casualties were reported.