
In the Izyum district in the southeast of the Kharkov region of Ukraine, an explosion occurred during an air raid alert, the Izyum city military administration reports on its Telegram channel.
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Izyumsky district is located in the southeast of the Kharkov region and is one of the zones of active hostilities during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
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An explosion occurred in the Izyum district in the southeast of the Kharkov region.
An air raid alarm sounds in part of the Kharkov region.
MOSCOW, September 9 - RIA Novosti. An explosion occurred in the Izyum district in the southeast of the Kharkov region of Ukraine amid an air raid warning, the Izyum city military administration reports.
“The sound of an explosion was heard,” says a message on the administration’s Telegram channel.

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