A mysterious flash of sunshine that lit up the skies over Kyiv sparked alarm, confusion and hypothesis as to what could have precipitated it.

Four quick video clips posted to a Telegram channel by journalist and blogger Anatolii Sharii confirmed the sky over the Ukrainian capital immediately illuminated.

Sergiy Popko, head of town's army administration described it as a "bright glow" on the messaging app.

He mentioned an air raid alert was activated however "air defence was not in operation".

In one clip, a flaming object seemed to be crashing to the bottom.

The Ukrainian air drive, which goals to carry down missiles and drones fired by Russia, mentioned a satellite tv for pc plunging from orbit or a meteorite might be accountable.

"At the current time there is no risk of the enemy using air attack weapons," it mentioned.

Minutes earlier, presidential adviser Andriy Yermak had posted an emoji of a UFO.

Social media customers reacted with memes as they speculated about the reason for the glow.

"Please do not use official air force symbols to create memes for the enemy to enjoy!" the Ukrainian air drive mentioned in a message.

The Austrian ambassador to Kyiv posted a video of the incident, and joked about others on Twitter suggesting it was an alien spacecraft.

The metropolis's army administration, citing what it known as preliminary info, mentioned it was a crashing NASA satellite tv for pc.

The US house company denied this - and mentioned there seemed to be some confusion over its announcement earlier this week that it was bringing a retired satellite tv for pc out of orbit.

It mentioned the satellite tv for pc - despatched into orbit in 2002 to check the solar - was nonetheless in orbit on the time of the flash.

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On Monday, NASA mentioned the 300kg defunct spacecraft, generally known as Rhessi, would plummet via the environment on Wednesday evening.

Most of it might dissipate, however some elements have been anticipated to fall to Earth.

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