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Massive Explosion Rocks Ukraine’s Capital City Of Kyiv

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Massive Explosion Rocks Ukraine’s Capital City Of Kyiv
Belarusian Mil Mi-8MTV-5 military helicopters fly over a field during joint exercises of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus as part of an inspection of the Union State's Response Force, at a firing range near a town of Osipovichi outside Minsk on February 17, 2022. - - Belarus out (Photo by Maxim GUCHEK / BELTA / AFP) / Belarus out (Photo by MAXIM GUCHEK/BELTA/AFP via Getty Images)

A massive explosion rocked Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv during the early morning hours on Friday as numerous videos posted to social media showed a large fire ball falling onto the city.

“Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton [Gerashchenko] shared this video purportedly showing air defense systems take out a Russian aircraft over Kyiv’s Darnitsky region moments ago,” BuzzFeed News reporter Christopher Miller tweeted. “Other explosions heard and reported around the capital.”

The New York Times verified the following video:

https://twitter.com/OSINT_Ukraine/status/1497045018766454987

“Videos verified by The Times showed a large explosion in the sky over the outskirts of southern Kyiv early on Friday morning,” the Times reported. “Witnesses filmed fiery debris falling over parts of the city. The videos appeared to show at least two surface-to-air missiles being fired from Kyiv before the explosion.”

However, CNN reported that “the explosion over Kyiv tonight was a Ukrainian SU-27 shot down by Russian anti-air battery in the city’s suburbs,” according to Politico reporter Paul McLeary.

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