IN BRIEF: What is known about night-and morning-time explosions in Ukraine

MOSCOW, November 19. /TASS/. Over the past night, air raid sirens rang out across Ukraine, and a series of explosions shook several cities, according to news portal Obshchestvennoye.Novosti and Ukraine’s TV channel 24 Kanal.

Emergency blackouts were reported in several regions, the country’s Energy Ministry reported on its Telegram channel.

TASS has compiled key facts about the impact.

- Last night, blasts were heard in Nikolayev and Kharkov, Obshchestvennoye.Novosti reported.

- On Wednesday morning, an air raid warning was issued nationwide as sirens sounded in the Vinnitsa, Zhitomir, Ternopol, Rovno, Khmelnitsky, and Chernovtsy regions as well as in Transcarpathia.