BREAKING: Multiple Explosions Reported Across Ukraine

Update at 12:21am Thursday: Powerful explosions continue in Mykolaiv.

In the temporarily occupied Makiivka, an oil depot burned down

 This was announced by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petrо Andryushchenko in a Telegram.

Update at 11:34pm: The head of Kirovohrad Regional Military Administration announced of a Russian missile attack at an infrastructure facility outside the city.

Update at 10:56pm: In Brovary district of the Kyiv region, the remains of a russian missile shot down by the Armed Forces fell in the field, no one was injured - Brovary Mayor Ihor Sapozhko

Update at 10:39pm: Massive shootings are taking place in Kherson reported.

Update at 10:36pm: Mayor: Explosions heard in Mykolaiv. Mayor Oleksandr Senkevich warned locals not to stand near windows and to not post pictures or videos of the blasts.

Information on casualties is being collected.

Update at 10:29pm: Explosions reported in Kropyvnytskyi.

The head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Valentyn Reznichenko, announced two missile strikes on the city of Dnipro. According to him, one missile was shot down by air defence system, and the other hit the railway infrastructure.

Update at 10:22pm: Rockets just flew over Kherson from the sea (at 22:06) towards Mykolaiv.

Update at 10:09pm: Mariinka, Donetsk region now. Russian troops are shelling with phosphorus bombs.

Update at 9:57pm: Forest fires flared up in the Kyiv region, said the mayor of Kyiv, Vitalii Klychko.

According to him, about 1 hectare of forest is burning in the Ivankivskyi district near the village of Rozvazhiv. A forest is also burning near the village of Dytiatky in the Chornobyl zone.

The Mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych, confirmed the explosions in the city, but has not given details yet.

The Mayor of Brovary, Ihor Sapozhko, reported an explosion in the village of Trebukhiv in the Kyiv region.

Update at 9:43pm: Explosions reported in Odesa.

Update at 9:35pm: Mykolaiv is being actively fired at by

MLRS from Kherson.

Now it is really important to be in shelters.

Update at 9:32pm: The mayor of Brovary reports that the missile strike was in the village of Trebukhiv.

Update at 9:17pm: Reports of explosions in Brovary.

Update at 9:07pm: Kharkiv is preparing for possible provocations on May 8 and 9. There will be no large-scale mass events these days, the mayor, Ihor Terekhov, said on the air of the telethon.

At night, a missile strike was launched on the infrastructure of the Odesa region; there were no casualties, said the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Maksym Marchenko.

General Staff: 3 Russian missile carriers currently in Black Sea, ready to strike at Ukraine.

The Russian fleet keeps blocking Ukrainian coastal areas and conducting reconnaissance. There are three ships carrying 3M-54 Kalibr missiles, Ukraine's general staff reported.

Update at 8:58pm: Railway facility in Dnipro was hit, - the head of the board of "UZ".

Update at 8:35pm: Explosions reported in Kyiv.

Update at 8:31pm: The mayor of Dnipro, Borys Filatov, confirmed the explosions in the city. According to him, the Russians fired at the city centre of Dnipro. Details will be announced later.

Update at 8:28pm: Air defense worked in Cherkasy.

The mayor of Dnipro Filatov reported that the orcs fired directly on the city center.

BREAKING: Ukraine - We're learning of multiple explosions reported this evening across Ukraine.

Explosions reported in Cherkasy, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro at this time.

Almost all area under air raid alerts.

Stay tuned for more information.