War information
Russian UAVs attacked southern Ukraine. According to Ukrainian officials, air defense systems in the southern Odessa region were activated because of an attack by Russia's Shahed UAV on the night of March 24 to the early morning of March 3. UAVs are reported to have launched from the Black Sea area.
"Combat operations are continuing in Odessa. This is a reminder that the situation can be dangerous. Blocking shots from active air defense forces will save you from paying the price with your life”said Ukrainian authorities.
Local officials did not specify whether there were human casualties or material damage in the incident. However, Ukrainian media said that some areas in Odessa had lost power and water.
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| The war between Russia and Ukraine continued to escalate yesterday with dozens of skirmishes on all fronts. Photo: AP |
52 battles on the front. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army said that there were a total of 52 engagements on all fronts including the directions of Bakhmut, Lyman, Avdiivka (Donetsk) and Novopavlivka (Zaporizhia). In particular, the Russian army, with the support of the air force, tried 17 times to break through Ukraine's defenses.
According to the Ukrainian side, the Ukrainian air force attacked 8 areas where the enemy's manpower, weapons and military equipment were concentrated.
"In the past day, Russia conducted 32 missile attacks, 37 air strikes and 48 launches of multiple rocket launcher systems (MLRS) against the positions of the Ukrainian defense forces and populated areas. populate”, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army announced.
Some related developments
Ukrainian gas storage facility hit by missile. An underground gas storage site in Ukraine was attacked on March 24, in the latest wave of Russian missile attacks targeting energy facilities, but the supply of gas to consumers Unaffected.
Oleksiy Chernyshov, general director of Ukraine's state energy company Naftogaz, said equipment was damaged in the latest attack and repairs were underway. “The situation will not seriously affect the facility's operations because the gas is stored deep underground”, Mr. Chernyshov said.
Ukraine's Energy Ministry and the country's distributors said on the same day that the country increased electricity imports and suspended exports on March 24 after a series of recent Russian attacks, in which the producer Leading energy DTEK reduces capacity by 3%.
Ukraine attacked Russian warships in the Black Sea. The Ukrainian military announced that it had targeted two large amphibious ships and damaged some important infrastructure of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in attacks on Sevastopol, Crimea.
"The Ukrainian defense forces successfully raided the large landing ships Azov and Yamal, a communications center and some infrastructure of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the Crimean peninsula.”, the Ukrainian army announced.
The Ukrainian military's statement did not reveal how they attacked Russian targets. However, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-appointed Governor of Sevastopol, reported a major airstrike by Kiev forces on the area from night to dawn on March 23.
According to Mr. Razvozhayev, local air defense forces shot down more than 10 missiles in Crimea's Sevastopol port, but transportation infrastructure in the area was partially damaged in the incident.
Poland accused Russia of violating its airspace. The Russian military is said to have conducted an airstrike targeting the capital Kiev and Lviv province in western Ukraine near Poland on March 24, forcing Warsaw to deploy fighter jets to ensure airspace safety.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko of Kiev announced that there were many explosions in the Ukrainian capital after air defense systems were activated to prevent a Russian missile attack on the morning of March 24.
Kiev military leader Serhiy Popko said that Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed about a dozen missiles launched by Russia over Kyiv and surrounding areas. In total, Russia launched 57 missiles and UAVs during the attack.
Ukraine discovered many foreign components in Russian missiles and UAVs. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kiev discovered at least 7.500 foreign components in the missiles and UAVs that Russia used in an unprecedented large-scale raid on March 22.
"Each of Russia's Iskander, Kinzhal and other missiles and Shahed UAVs contains dozens of components imported from abroad.”, President Zelensky said.
According to Mr. Zelensky, the Russian missiles used in the raid on March 22 contained at least 3 types of components. If including UAVs, the number of foreign components used is at least 3.000.
