Russian missile shot down over Dnipropetrovsk region

Ukraine’s air defense forces intercepted a Russian missile over Dnipropetrovsk region.

That’s according to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, Mykola Lukashuk, who broke the news via Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"Our air defense forces destroyed an enemy missile over the Dnipro district," Lukashuk wrote.

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Earlier, local mass media reported an explosion in Dnipro amid an air raid alert.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, units of Air Force Command East shot down an enemy kamikaze drone of the Shahed-136/131 type from the sky over Dnipropetrovsk region.