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[Global Times reporter Chen Yitong] According to the latest news from AFP on the 27th, after the Ukrainian Air Force confirmed that Russian bombers took off from western Russia, the Ukrainian government issued an air raid alert in most parts of the country on Tuesday (27th) local time.

"Several Tu-95MS bombers have been detected taking off from Engels military airport (Saratov Oblast, Russia)," the Ukrainian Air Force said on the social platform Telegram, and it is expected that the missiles may enter Ukrainian airspace around 4 a.m. local time.

According to the latest report of Reuters on the 27th, the media quoted witnesses and local media as saying that a strong explosion was heard in Kiev in the early morning of Tuesday (27th). Reuters said that it was not clear whether the explosion occurred when the air defense system was activated or when intercepting an aerial target.

As of press time, there has been no official response from Russia to the above news.

According to previous reports by Xinhua News Agency, Russia and Ukraine launched large-scale air strikes against each other on the 26th. The attacks caused water and power outages in Ukraine, and damaged infrastructure in many parts of Russia. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the 26th that the air defense forces shot down 22 Ukrainian drones over Saratov, Kursk, Belgorod, Bryansk, Tula, Oryol, Ryazan and Yaroslavl Oblasts. On the other hand, the Ukrainian Air Force said on social media on the 26th that early that morning, Kiev, Kiev, Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Kirovograd, Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Odessa were attacked by Russian air strikes, and water and power outages occurred in many parts of Ukraine.