Explosions occurred in Poltava.

Explosions echoed in Poltava on the evening of Friday, July 18. The enemy attacked the city using ballistic weapons, local media reports.

The air force warned of the movement of a fast target towards the Poltava region and urged residents to take shelter. At the same time, the movement of Russian drones was recorded in Ukraine. According to the military, they are flying in the northern Sumy region and the northeastern Chernihiv region, heading southwest or south.

It should be noted that as of 19:50, an air alert was declared in half of Ukraine's regions. The Russians attacked a locomotive on the Dnipropetrovsk railway carrying civilian cargo twice in one day. According to the commander of the volunteer battalion 'Georgian Legion', Mamuka Mamulashvili, during the visit of U.S. officials to Ukraine, the occupiers are behaving restrained at the front.

Events in Poltava indicate increasing tension in eastern Ukraine and the continuation of military actions by the Russian side. The international community must carefully monitor the situation and take necessary measures to stop the conflict.