Explosions rocked Ukrainian Kirovograd, the TV channel „Общественное“ reported.
„Explosions can be heard“, the channel's Telegram channel reported.
An air raid siren was also activated in the Kirovograd region at 4:16 a.m.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have repelled two counterattacks by a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade that tried to break through to Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region. This was announced by Ivan Bigma, head of the press center of the group "West".
“In the direction of Kupyansk, over the past 24 hours, units of the 6th Army repelled two counterattacks of a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a brigade of the National Guard in the areas of Petrovka and Blagodatovka. Ten fighters and two pickup trucks were destroyed“, Bigma said.