Serhiy Popko
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 64 |
| Date of birth | February 13,1961 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Kyiv |
| Ukraine | |
| Education | National Defense University of Ukraine |
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| ID | 1773789 |
Serhiy Popko Life story
Serhiy Mikolayovych Popko is a Ukrainian military general and a former commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. Previously, Popko was the commanding officer of the Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation. He is a graduate of the Kyiv Higher Combined Arms Command School. In 2017, he was promoted to colonel general.
Ukraine war: Kyiv foils big Russian drone attack, officials say
... Kyiv Military Administration chief Serhiy Popko said debris had sparked a fire in a residential building, but it had been extinguished...
Ukraine says it downed Russian cruise missiles aimed at Kyiv
... No casualties were reported from the attack, according to Serhiy Popko, a senior Kyiv military official...
Ukraine shoots down own drone over central Kyiv
... City military administration head Serhiy Popko said a fire was brought under control in a building where the drone was brought down in Solomyanskyi district, west of the city centre...
Ukraine war: Russia launches second pre-dawn missile attack in three days
... Elsewhere, Kyiv city military administration head Serhiy Popko said missiles were shot down in Kyiv airspace, too...
Nasa says flash over Kyiv was not its satellite
... An air raid alert was activated but " air defence was not in operation" the head of Kyiv s military administration, Serhiy Popko, said on Telegram...
Russia-Ukraine war: Drone attacks continue on Kyiv and eastern Ukraine
... Serhiy Popko, the city s military administration head, told people to stay in shelters...
Ukraine war: Overnight strikes hit Kyiv as Putin visits Belarus
... Twenty-three Iranian missiles were launched, of which 18 were shot down, the head of Kyiv s military administration, Serhiy Popko said...
Nasa says flash over Kyiv was not its satellite
By George WrightBBC News
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 .
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 - an event all too familiar since The Invasion Last Year .
The Bright glow was observed in the sky over the capital around 22:00 (19:00 GMT).
An Air Raid alert was activated but " air defence was not in operation" The Head of Kyiv's military administration, Serhiy Popko , said on Telegram.
" According to preliminary information, this phenomenon was the result of a Nasa space satellite falling to Earth, " Mr Popko said.
The US Space Agency had announced earlier This Week that a retired 660-pound (300-kg) satellite would re-enter the atmosphere on Wednesday.
The RHESSI spacecraft, used to observe solar flares, was launched into low Earth orbit in 2002 and decommissioned in 2018, Nasa said.
But Rob Margetta from Nasa's Office of Communications told The Bbc that the satellite was still In Orbit at The Time The Flash was observed, and would re-enter Earth's atmosphere during The Night .
Nasa and the US defence department continued to track RHESSI, he added.
Ukrainian Social Media has been awash with theories and memes about what The Flash could have been, with a popular theme being that it was caused by aliens.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
