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A mysterious flash that lit up the skies over the Ukrainian capital Kyiv generated much speculation. Officials in Kyiv said they suspected it was a Nasa satellite falling to Earth but the US space agency told the BBC it was still in orbit. /Credit: Twitter/

เคียฟแตกตื่น “แสงไฟวาบ” – The Ukrainian air force suggested the flash might have been a meteorite. Whatever it was, the air force seemed confident it had not been caused by a Russian air attack. The bright glow was observed in the sky over the capital around 22:00. /Twitter/

เคียฟแตกตื่น “แสงไฟวาบ” – An air raid alert was activated but “air defence was not in operation”, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, Serhiy Popko, said. “According to preliminary information, this phenomenon was the result of a Nasa space satellite falling to Earth,” Mr Popko said. /Credit: Twitter/

เคียฟแตกตื่น “แสงไฟวาบ” – The US space agency had announced earlier this week that a retired 300-kg satellite would re-enter the atmosphere on Wednesday. The RHESSI spacecraft was launched into low Earth orbit in 2002 and decommissioned in 2018. /Credit: Twitter/