{"id":33037,"date":"2026-10-12T22:44:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T19:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=33037"},"modified":"2026-10-12T22:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T19:44:52","slug":"kyiv-vybukhy-tryvohy-raketna-zahroza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/suspilstvo\/kyiv-vybukhy-tryvohy-raketna-zahroza\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosions were heard in Kyiv, triggering an air-raid alert; the authorities have once again issued a warning about missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">A series of explosions rang out in Kyiv on the evening of 12 October; journalists and local residents heard them even before the air-raid siren sounded. At 22:09, the Air Force reported a high-speed target heading towards the capital, and at 22:33 the Kyiv City State Administration reissued a missile alert and urged people to take shelter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eyewitnesses in the capital heard the explosions before the alarm sounded.<\/li>\n<li>At 22:09, the Air Force issued a warning about a high-speed target.<\/li>\n<li>The Kyiv City State Administration switched from a missile alert to a drone alert, and then reverted to the missile alert.<\/li>\n<li>Klitschko urged the people of Kyiv to stay in shelters.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier, a drone struck a residential building in the Darnytskyi district.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Eyewitnesses reported hearing explosions before the alarm sounded<\/h2>\n<p>Reporters from RBC-Ukraine and *Focus*, as well as local residents whose accounts were quoted by TSN, reported that they first heard explosions and only then the sirens. At around 22:10, the mayor <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/main-news\/udar-pivnichnyi-mist-kyiv\/\">Vitali Klitschko<\/a><\/strong> confirmed the explosions and urged residents to take shelter.<\/p>\n<h2>The Kyiv City State Administration changed the threat level twice and urged people to seek shelter<\/h2>\n<p>At 22:10 <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/main-news\/kyiv-vazhka-zyma-udary-rf-economist\/\">Kyiv City State Administration<\/a> It issued a missile alert and urged people to seek shelter in civil defence shelters immediately. Four minutes later, the authorities reported a drone threat.<\/p>\n<p>At 22:33, the Kyiv City State Administration issued another missile alert, reiterated its call for people to take shelter immediately and provided a link to the official map. As of 22:37, this message remained the administration\u2019s most recent public warning.<\/p>\n<h2>A drone attack in the Darnytskyi district preceded the subsequent explosions<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier that same evening, Kyiv came under a separate drone attack. According to Klitschko, a drone struck a 25-storey residential block in the Darnytskyi district.<\/p>\n<p>Cars caught fire in the courtyard of the building, and the emergency services were called to the scene. This incident was followed by a series of explosions after 10.00 pm.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Kyiv, eyewitnesses heard explosions before the air-raid siren sounded. 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