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FILE - A woman passes by anti-tank hedgehogs in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Ukraine has been fighting with the Russian invaders since Feb. 24 for over nine months. The mayor of Kyiv is reporting multiple explosions, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, in the Ukrainian capital, the first such time in weeks during Russia’s ongoing war against the country. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
FILE - A woman passes by anti-tank hedgehogs in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Ukraine has been fighting with the Russian invaders since Feb. 24 for over nine months. The mayor of Kyiv is reporting multiple explosions, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, in the Ukrainian capital, the first such time in weeks during Russia’s ongoing war against the country. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
FILE - A woman passes by anti-tank hedgehogs in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Ukraine has been fighting with the Russian invaders since Feb. 24 for over nine months. The mayor of Kyiv is reporting multiple explosions, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, in the Ukrainian capital, the first such time in weeks during Russia’s ongoing war against the country. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
FILE – A woman passes by anti-tank hedgehogs in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Ukraine has been fighting with the Russian invaders since Feb. 24 for over nine months. The mayor of Kyiv is reporting multiple explosions, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, in the Ukrainian capital, the first such time in weeks during Russia’s ongoing war against the country. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
FILE – A woman passes by anti-tank hedgehogs in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Ukraine has been fighting with the Russian invaders since Feb. 24 for over nine months. The mayor of Kyiv is reporting multiple explosions, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, in the Ukrainian capital, the first such time in weeks during Russia’s ongoing war against the country. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The mayor of Kyiv is reporting multiple explosions in the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday, the first such time in weeks during Russia’s ongoing war against the country.

Vitali Klitschko wrote in a post on Telegram that there were explosions in a central district of the capital that is home to many government agencies and buildings. He said municipal teams were in place and more details were expected.