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Maksym Kozytskyi, governor of Lviv, has cautioned residents to stay in shelters while an air alert takes place. In his daily update on Telegram, he writes:
The day before, 24 January, there was a threat of a cruise missile attack from the territory of Belarus. The air alert lasted 40 minutes. The danger did not materialize. However, this morning the sirens sounded again for an air alert. A-50, SU-30, MIG-31 aircraft, which are the carriers of the “Daggers”, took off in Belarus. Stay in shelters until there is a signal to retreat.