On May 1, at 1 a.m., a meteor-like phenomenon was observed in the sky over some regions of Ukraine, with reports of a flash coming from Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro.
According to the astronomical community «The sky today» probably entered the Earth’s atmosphere a small The asteroid is about 2-3 meters in diameter, and the light event, judging by the video, lasted at least 5 seconds.
A meteor is a phenomenon that occurs when small meteoric bodies, such as comet or asteroid fragments, burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere (the meteorite lands on the surface instead).
Given the war in Ukraine, social media speculated that the light show could actually be another Russian missile attack and the successful work of Ukrainian air defense, as Air Force spokesman Ilya Yevlash said during a telethon on the subject:
«We are still waiting for information, so we cannot comment. As soon as we have some data that will be relevant to the Air Force — we will definitely communicate about it».
Last year in April, a similar phenomenon was observed in the sky over Ukraine — according to the State Space Agency of Ukraine, the outbreak was caused by the fall of a meteor from the Lyrid stream.