Explosions thundered in Kiev against the background of an air alert, the Ukrainian TV channel "Public" reports with reference to its correspondents.
According to the online map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation, an air alert has been declared in the city.
On Tuesday night, the truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin in honor of the Victory Day celebration expired.
As noted in the Ministry of Defense, despite the ceasefire, the Ukrainian armed forces struck using drones and conducted artillery fire on the positions of Russian troops. In the summary of the Ministry of Defense, published the day before at noon, it was said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine violated the truce 23,802 times.
The Russian Armed Forces mirrored these actions. They fired back at the positions of multiple launch rocket systems, artillery and mortars, hit control points and drone launch sites.

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