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Powerful explosions were heard in Dnipro during the alert. Russian forces targeted specific locations. (Updated)

Powerful explosions were heard in Dnipro during the alert. Russian forces targeted specific locations. (Updated)

Shortly after six o'clock on Tuesday, January 21, a powerful explosion occurred in Dnipro. This took place during an announced air raid alert. After a while, a secondary explosion occurred, resulting in damage.

Updated 9:15 Lysak informed that according to updated information, due to the morning missile strike, damage has been identified at two enterprises in Dnipro. Additionally, five vehicles have been damaged. As a result of the Russian attack, two apartment buildings and three private houses were damaged in Synelnykove.

Updated 7:35 The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, Serhiy Lysak, reported that due to the Russian assault, a warehouse in Dnipro has been destroyed. It was not in operation.

The explosions in Dnipro were reported by a correspondent from "Telegraph." Prior to these events, the Ukrainian air forces warned of the threat of ballistic weapon use from the east and urged the residents of Dnipro to seek shelter. As of 6:14, the air raid alert map looked like this:

As "Telegraph" reported, during the night of January 21, the Smolensk region in Russia was attacked by drones. Strong explosions were heard in the city, with several fires resulting from drone strikes; the Russian air defense attempted to shoot down the drones and accidentally hit their own high-rise building. Videos have surfaced online.

We also reported that recently in Dnipro, during an air raid alert, teenagers might have caused an explosion in one of the city's shelters. On the same day, children in the city decided to mimic trends from the internet and scare residents with explosions. They were not deterred by the fact that there is a ban on the use of pyrotechnics in Ukraine.