Flash over Kiev possibly meteorite: Ukraine space agency

Kyiv, Ukraine:

A Ukrainian space official told AFP on Thursday that a mysterious flash over Kiev that sparked confusion and fears of a Russian missile strike was a meteorite.

“We cannot identify exactly what it was, but our assumption is that it was a meteorite,” said Igor Kornienko, deputy head of a control center at Ukraine’s national space agency.

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