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Explosions reported in Kyiv

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Numerous explosions were heard in Kyiv early on June 6, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko.

The mayor said via his official Telegram that first responders have been called to the Darnytskyi District of the city. There was no information about damage or casualties at the time of the publication.

Air defense remains active in the region.

Earlier, Russian forces launched several missiles into Kharkiv around midnight on June 5, Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov reported on Telegram.

In a separate message, Terekhov said that the State Emergency Services were working at the site of the explosions. Hits were reported in the center as well as the Slobidskyi District of the city. No casualties have been reported.

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Olena Goncharova

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Olena Goncharova is the Head of North America desk at The Kyiv Independent, where she has previously worked as a development manager and Canadian correspondent. She first joined the Kyiv Post, Ukraine's oldest English-language newspaper, as a staff writer in January 2012 and became the newspaper’s Canadian correspondent in June 2018. She is based in Edmonton, Alberta. Olena has a master’s degree in publishing and editing from the Institute of Journalism in Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv. Olena was a 2016 Alfred Friendly Press Partners fellow who worked for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for six months. The program is administered by the University of Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia.

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