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Explosions reported in Kyiv.

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Ukraine's Presidential Office head Andrii Yermak said air defense is at work amid a massive air raid alert.

The Kyiv City Military Administration urged residents to remain in shelters.

Air raid alert was turned on in the city at around 3:40 a.m. on May 1. Air raid alert is still on.

Earlier, the head of the Mykolaiv police Serhii Shaikhet reported that Russia may try to hit Ukraine with up to a hundred missiles.

Overnight on May 1, Ukraine's Presidential Office head Andrii Yermak urged citizens not to ignore air raid sirens.

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The Kyiv Independent staff documented what it feels like to live and sleep in Kyiv, Ukraine, as Russia intensifies its drone and missile attacks on the city. Filmed over several weeks in June and July, our journalists take shelter in bathrooms, basements, and parking garages as explosions ring out overhead.

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