Flash in sky over Kyiv caused by satellite reentering atmosphere

Head of city’s military administration reports that air raid alert was triggered by Nasa spacecraft

A powerful flash in the sky over the Ukrainian capital that triggered an air raid alert late on Wednesday was caused by a Nasa satellite reentering the atmosphere, city authorities said.

“According to preliminary information, this phenomenon was the result of a Nasa space satellite falling to Earth,” the head of Kyiv’s military administration, Serhiy Popko, said on Telegram.