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Sunday, May 17, 2026

CNN team reports explosions near Ukrainian capital - CNN

The CNN team on the ground is hearing several loud explosions near Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

Watch Matthew Chance reporting:

Ukraine's aviation authorities have issued a notice restricting the country's airspace starting early Thursday morning and lasting until midnight GMT (7 p.m. ET).

The alert, known as a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM), covers all five of the country's flight information regions (FIRS) — restricting aviation in the regions around around Kyiv, Dnipro, Lviv, Odessa and Simferopol.

The flight tracking service FlightRadar24 shows a flight from Warsaw to Kyiv, Lot 755, turned around before entering Ukrainian airspace and...



Read Full Story: https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-23-22/h_9ac518005...