{"id":1339837,"date":"2022-02-24T18:17:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T23:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1339837"},"modified":"2022-02-24T23:22:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T04:22:53","slug":"breaking-massive-explosion-rocks-ukraines-capital-city-of-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-massive-explosion-rocks-ukraines-capital-city-of-kyiv\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Massive Explosion Rocks Ukraine\u2019s Capital City Of Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-massive-explosion-rocks-ukraines-capital-city-of-kyiv%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1339837&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/Ukraine1-1-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A massive explosion rocked Ukraine\u2019s capital city of Kyiv during the early morning hours on Friday as numerous videos posted to social media showed a large fire ball falling onto the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton [Gerashchenko] shared this video purportedly showing air defense systems take out a Russian aircraft over Kyiv\u2019s Darnitsky region moments ago,\u201d BuzzFeed News reporter Christopher Miller tweeted. \u201cOther explosions heard and reported around the capital.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a1\ufe0fUkrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashenko shared this video purportedly showing air defense systems take out a Russian aircraft over Kyiv\u2019s Darnitsky region moments ago. Other explosions heard and reported around the capital. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e9wL7ZckUQ\">pic.twitter.com\/e9wL7ZckUQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristopherJM\/status\/1497043832168493067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whatever was shot down over Kyiv was pretty big <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aV6a3VwPgX\">pic.twitter.com\/aV6a3VwPgX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Osinttechnical\/status\/1497039189740859419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The New York Times verified the following video:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\u26a1\ufe0fClearest view of the plane that was shot down over Kiev moments ago. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ke174WzFTX\">pic.twitter.com\/ke174WzFTX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OSINT UKRAINE (@OSINT_Ukraine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OSINT_Ukraine\/status\/1497045018766454987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cVideos verified by The Times showed a large explosion in the sky over the outskirts of southern Kyiv early on Friday morning,\u201d the Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/02\/24\/world\/russia-attacks-ukraine\">reported<\/a>. \u201cWitnesses filmed fiery debris falling over parts of the city. The videos appeared to show at least two surface-to-air missiles being fired from Kyiv before the explosion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, CNN reported that \u201cthe explosion over Kyiv tonight was a Ukrainian SU-27 shot down by Russian anti-air battery in the city\u2019s suburbs,\u201d according to Politico reporter Paul McLeary.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN reporting now the explosion over Kyiv tonight was a Ukrainian SU-27 shot down by Russian anti-air battery in the city&#8217;s suburbs. Ukraine has lost the skies over its capital. Grim.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul McLeary (@paulmcleary) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulmcleary\/status\/1497051595980230660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That makes far more sense. Note that Russia has deployed S-400 air defense systems in southern Belarus as well as Su-35S fighters, which both could have shot down aircraft over Kyiv, depending on where the S-400 have been deployed to. 2\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Lee (@RALee85) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RALee85\/status\/1497052351743492096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Of course, Ukrainian air defenses could have made a mistake and shot down their own fighter. There were numerous friendly fire incidents between ground-based air defense systems and aircraft during the 2nd Karabakh War and 2008 Russo-Georgia War. 4\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Lee (@RALee85) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RALee85\/status\/1497054432931897344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. 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