Air-Raid Alerts Sound in Kyiv and Several Ukrainian Regions Overnight
The alert reflects real-time civil-defense warnings based on Ukraine’s official map as relayed by RIA Novosti.
Overview
- An air-raid alert in Kyiv was declared at approximately 2:57 a.m. Moscow time on January 19, according to the national alert map.
- Alerts were indicated for Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, and Chernihiv Oblast, with sirens also reported in Zhytomyr, Poltava, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Mykolaiv regions.
- RIA Novosti cited the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation’s online alert map as the source of the alert information.
- The reports did not include independent confirmation of strikes, damage, or casualties linked to the alerts.
- A day earlier, a separate round of alerts was logged around 3:17 a.m. Moscow time covering Kyiv and multiple other regions.