Battles in the Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions, 57 military clashes, enemy shelling, a new aid package from Great Britain. How will the 758th day of a full-scale war be remembered?
Today nine more children were returned to Ukraine .
As a result of a massive attack by Russians in Ukraine, dozens of energy system facilities were damaged, Ukrenergo reported.
Thermal and hydroelectric power plants, the main networks of the National Energy Company “Ukrenergo”, and the networks of oblenergos were damaged. The most difficult situation is in the Kharkov, Odessa, Kirovograd, and Dnepropetrovsk regions. Emergency outages occurred in seven regions – Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kirovograd, Odessa, Poltava, Sumy and Kharkov; the energy system receives emergency assistance from three countries. Emergency restoration work continues.
At the same time, the energy system has maintained its integrity. The Ukrenergo dispatch center is working to stabilize its operation.
The number of deaths as a result of the massive shelling of Zaporozhye by the Russians has increased to 3 people, said the head of the Zaporozhye OSA Ivan Fedorov.
The number of wounded has reached 20 people. Two more people are considered missing.
Among the victims are a father and a child, as well as a trolleybus driver, Fedorov later said.
“An 8-year-old girl and a 35-year-old man – a daughter and a father. They died from a Russian missile strike on the private sector of Zaporozhye. The morning enemy attack also ended the life of a 62-year-old man – a trolleybus driver moving along a hydroelectric dam. There were no passengers in the transport.” , – the head of the Zaporozhye region clarified.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that 57 military clashes occurred during the day.
In general, the enemy carried out 87 missile and 110 air strikes, carried out 39 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
Today Russia carried out its largest attack in recent times – in During the combined strike, the occupiers launched 63 UAVs and 88 missiles of various types.
Instead, the aviation of the Defense Forces attacked 13 areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated.
< p class="MsoNormal">In the Avdeevsky direction, almost 10 enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Berdich, Tonechko, Pervomaiskoye, Nevelskoye, Donetsk region.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to contain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka, Vodyanoye, Urozhaynoe, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defenses of our troops more than 20 times.
More details about the operational situation as of 18:00 on March 22 – in our news .
As a result of Russians getting into the Dnieper hydroelectric power station, soil contamination and leakage of oil products into the Dnieper River were recorded, the State Environmental Inspectorate of the Southern District reported.
More than 7,200 square meters are clogged with destruction waste in Zaporozhye. m on Slavutich Street and 300 sq. m – on Peter Sagaidachnogo (Borodinskaya) Street.
Inspection specialists took water and soil samples for laboratory testing. All received materials will be transferred to the Operational Headquarters at the State Economic Inspectorate of Ukraine and law enforcement agencies.
President Vladimir Zelensky held the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Headquarters, where the situation in the energy sector was reviewed.
According to Zelensky, all reports were devoted to eliminating the consequences of Russian shelling.
” Heard reports on the progress of restoration work, connecting houses to electricity, water and heat. Providing people with temporary housing and all necessary assistance,” the head of state noted.
Chairman of the board of Ukrenergo Vladimir Kudrytsky and Naftogaz Alexey Chernyshev reported at Headquarters. They spoke about the state of the energy system and the priority steps to strengthen it and further protect it. Commander-in-Chief Alexander Syrsky and Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk reported on the work of air defense over the last two days.
Following the meeting, several closed decisions were made, Zelensky added. “But Ukraine can only be truly protected by the decision of our partners to provide a sufficient number of modern air defense systems. We are working every day in this direction,” the President emphasized.
The UK will provide Ukraine with a new package of military assistance .
“A new package of military support worth £60 million from the UK-led International Fund for Ukraine will provide state-of-the-art new surveillance drones to support Ukraine's Armed Forces,” the country's Ministry of Defense press service said in a statement.
In addition, the package will include £20 million to provide air defense systems that will help protect Ukrainian skies. There was supposed to be a concert of the group “Picnic” and there was a shooting, writes the Russian publication Meduza.
As of 20:00 on March 22, the media of the aggressor country reported 40 killed and more than a hundred wounded. An explosion was subsequently heard in the room and a large-scale fire broke out, then the roof collapsed. Subsequently, a second explosion was reported.
Eyewitnesses said that there were from 2 to 5 attackers, they had automatic weapons. They shot the guards, and then began to shoot the Russians in the lobby.
Some people were taken out of the premises, some were blocked.
Ukrainian intelligence stated that The terrorist attack in the Moscow region is a deliberate provocation of the regime of dictator Putin.
Representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andrey Yusov, in a commentary to Ukrayinska Pravda, said that the international community warned about this provocation.< /p >
“The Kremlin tyrant began his career with this and wants to end it with the same crimes against his own citizens,” added Yusov.
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