This caused concern to its inhabitants. Kyiv a huge glow that lit up the night sky for a few seconds Ukrainian Capital, generating a lot of comments on social media.

The head of the Kyiv military administration, Sergei Popko, in his message on Telegram, reassuringly explained the glow by the debris of a satellite of the US space agency (NASA), which burned up during re-entry into the atmosphere.

I can’t tear myself away… Tonight, the first air raid alarm in several days was sounded in Kyiv. Cause? According to the authorities, debris from a NASA satellite fell to the ground, flying over the airspace of the Ukrainian capital around 22:00 and illuminating the sky. pic.twitter.com/vSlmCoUY5W

— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) April 19, 2023

“At about 22:00, a flash of an object was observed in the sky of Kyiv,” Popko wrote on Telegram.

“According to preliminary information, this phenomenon occurred as a result of a NASA satellite falling to Earth,” he added.

NASA denies

However, a spokesman for the US space agency denied this assessment, telling AFP that the satellite in question “is still in orbit.”

NASA announced earlier this week that the 300-kilogram satellite will re-enter the atmosphere on Wednesday.

“However, that hasn’t happened yet… No other NASA satellite entered the atmosphere earlier today,” a NASA spokesman told AFP.

^{According to APE – BEE, AFP}