Ukraine Shoots Down Russian Missiles

Ukraine's air defense systems shot down an unspecified number of Russian missiles on Thursday morning, the Ukrainian president's Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak wrote on Telegram, Maria Kostenko and Alex Stambaugh reported for CNN.

Photo Insert: At least two of the rockets flew through the southern Mykolaiv region, Gov. Vitaly Kim said on Telegram.

At least two of the rockets flew through the southern Mykolaiv region, Gov. Vitaly Kim said on Telegram.

Earlier, Ukraine's largest private energy company on Thursday implemented emergency power outages in several regions including Kyiv "due to the threat of a missile attack," the firm said.

Air raid sirens sounded across all regions of Ukraine on Thursday morning. So far, there have been no reports of strikes.

Ukraine's largest private energy company on Thursday implemented emergency power outages in several regions including Kyiv "due to the threat of a missile attack," the firm said.

In a Telegram post, the DTEK group said the outages in the capital, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk were "a necessary preventive step to avoid significant damage to the energy infrastructure if enemy missiles reach their target," Tara Subramaniam also reported for CNN.

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