Explosions were heard in the city of Dnipro on Aug. 8, according to local Telegram channels.
Defenders from Air Command East shot down a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the region, reported Serhiy Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration.
The Ukrainian Air Force confirmed that air defense operations against a Russian UAV were underway in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
An air raid alert in the region was declared at 11:51 a.m.
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