Military operation in Ukraine
The air raid sirens went off in the Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Sumy and Kharkov regions
MOSCOW, May 26. /TASS/. An air raid alert was announced on Sunday in four regions across Ukraine, according to the country’s official air raid alert portal.
The air raid sirens went off in the Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Sumy and Kharkov regions.
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