Absolute "record": on Independence Day, 189 air raid alarms across Ukraine

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the most air raid alarms announced in one day was recorded on on August 24.

This is stated on eTryvoga application Telegram.

"On August 24, 189 alarms were announced in the regions and in the city of Kyiv. This is an absolute "record" for the entire time of a full-scale invasion," the message reads.

Poltava and Kirovohrad regions had the most air alarms per day - 12 each. Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions - 11 times. Kharkiv and Cherkasy regions - 10 and 9 times. In other regions there was a smaller number.

The alarm sounded for the longest time in the Zaporizhzhia region - 14 hours and 4 minutes.

The previous "record" - 109 alarms was announced on April 23, on the eve of Easter.

As journalist Andrii Tsaplienko notes, during the relay of aerial alarms, a wave of fake reports about explosions spread across Ukraine:

Bila Tserkva

Rivne

Zhytomyr region

Kharkiv (there was one fake message that was distributed by many Telegram channels

There were also reports of fake mining of infrastructure facilities in the following cities of Ukraine:

Vinnytsia

Rivne

Lviv

Khmelnytskyi

Kyiv

However, there are officially confirmed shellings:

Poltava region (Myrhorod)

Kharkiv region (Kharkiv, Mala Danylivka, Dergachi)

Dnipropetrovsk region (Nikopol, Synelnyk, Kryvorizky, Dnipro districts)

Khmelnytskyi region (Shepetivskyi district)

Mykolaiv region (Mykolaiv, Bashtan, Berezneguvat, Novobuz communities)

Zaporizhzhia region (Zaporizhia)

Sumy region (Esmansk, Znob-Novgorodsk, Bilopolsk communities)

Chernihiv region (Chernihiv district)

Donetsk region (line of demarcation)