The key facts

  • The alert was declared in Kyiv, Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, as well as in parts of seven more regions
  • The yellow level corresponds to the threat of a drone attack

The alert covered Kyiv and several regions

An air raid alert of the yellow level has been declared in Kyiv, Kyiv region, and a number of other regions of Ukraine. This follows from data on the online map of Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation, which is cited by Gazeta.Ru. According to this data, the alert is also in effect in Chernihiv region and in parts of Khmelnytskyi, Volyn, Rivne, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Sumy, Poltava, and Kharkiv regions.

What the yellow level means

The yellow alert level on the Ukrainian map is intended to warn of the threat of a drone attack. The outlet notes that the news is being updated, so information about the scale of the alert and its causes may be revised.