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Explosions heard in Kryvyi Rih; Ukrainian air defence responds successfully


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Explosions have been heard in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, on the afternoon of 2 September; an air-raid warning has been issued. Later it became known that air defence successfully shot down the target. Informs Ukrainska Pravda.


Source: Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the city Defence Council; Air Force; Yevhen Sytnychenko, Head of Kryvyi Rih District Military Administration, on Facebook; social media.


Quote from Vilkul: "About the explosions. Everything is okay. More details later."


Details: Readers report two explosions, probably caused by ballistic missiles.

After that, an air-raid warning was issued.


Before that, the Air Force warned about a missile threat in the oblast.


Updated: Sytnychenko later reported that air defence forces successfully responded to the Russian attack and "everything is fine in the district".


After the all-clear was sounded, Vilkul said the air defence system in the city "successfully responded", and the target had been hit.


Quote from Vilkul: "The air defence system responded. Successfully. The target is hit.

I remind all social media users trying to show their awareness that you may only write about air defence operations after the all-clear has been sounded."


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