KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region was under a "massive attack" early Saturday, the governor said, reporting strikes in Dnipro and Pavlograd.

"The region is under a massive attack. Explosions are being heard," Sergiy Lysak wrote on Telegram, warning residents to take cover.

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Dnipropetrovsk had been largely spared from intense fighting.

But Kyiv acknowledged on Tuesday that Russian troops had entered the region, after Moscow claimed its troops had gained a foothold there.

Dnipropetrovsk is not one of the five Ukrainian regions -- Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Crimea -- that Moscow has publicly claimed as Russian territory.

Lysak said Friday that Russian overnight strikes killed two people in Dnipropetrovsk.