Eyewitnesses reported hearing a strong explosion in Belyaevka, Odesa Oblast, according to the Odessa INFO Telegram channel, between 8:16 p.m. and 9:16 p.m. UTC on December 22, 2025. The Odessa INFO channel, which earlier reported multiple explosions in Odesa's port area between 4:16 p.m. and 7:16 p.m. UTC on the same day, shared the Belyaevka report during this one-hour period without additional details on the cause or impacts. This development occurs amid ongoing air activity alerts in Ukraine, including a prior warning from the єРадар Telegram channel between 7:16 p.m. and 7:46 p.m. UTC of a potential large-scale Russian missile and drone attack targeting Kyiv and western regions, with strikes possible after 11:00 p.m. UTC.
