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All Ukraine Under Air-Raid Alert Due Russian Missile-Strike Danger


People take shelter inside a metro station during an air-raid alert in Kyiv on January 8.
People take shelter inside a metro station during an air-raid alert in Kyiv on January 8.

An air-raid alert was declared throughout Ukraine on the morning of January 10, with authorities instructing citizens to take shelter due to an elevated danger of Russian missile strikes. "Missile-strike danger throughout the territory of Ukraine! [Russian] MiG-31Ks taking off from Savasleika airfield [in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region]. Don't ignore the air-raid alert!' the Ukrainian Air Force said in its warning message on Telegram. Since the start of the year, Ukraine was subjected to several massive waves of Russian missile and drone strikes that have caused civilian deaths and material damage. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.

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