Editor’s note: this is a developing story and will continue to be updated.

Several waves of explosions were heard in Kyiv shortly after the air alert sounded at around 5:30 a.m. local time, Kyiv Independent journalists reported on Sept. 2.

Air defense has been active in the capital and Kyiv Oblast.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that emergency services were called to the city’s Sviatoshynskyi district.

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