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[Korrespondent] 21:32 Zelensky commented on the terrorist attack in the Moscow region: “What happened yesterday in Moscow, obviously, Putin and other scum are simply trying to blame it on someone else. They always have the same methods. This has already happened. And there were bombed houses, and shootings and explosions. And they always blame others."
20:49 The Russians launched a missile attack on the Slobodsky district of Kharkov, first with an X-35 missile. The warehouses and buildings of the enterprise were damaged, the prosecutor's office said.
20:03 According to the latest data from Russian media, 174 people were killed as a result of the terrorist attack in the Moscow region. According to propagandists, this is not the final number of victims. Thus, this massacre has already become the largest terrorist attack in Russia in terms of the number of deaths since Beslan. Russian officials ignore information about the possible involvement of ISIS militants in the shooting and continue to claim a “Ukrainian trace.” Why this version does not fit into the official facts - in the material What is wrong with the terrorist attack in Moscow
19:37 The UK Ministry of Defense published a photo of the first Ukrainian pilots who underwent intensive training under the guidance of Royal Air Force instructors and graduated from flight school. There are ten such pilots in total. The group will now move on to advanced flight training provided by the French Air Force before learning to fly F-16 fighter jets.
18:49 During the day, the Russians attacked the Dnepropetrovsk region 14 times, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. In particular, a gas station in the Krivoy Rog region was hit by a drone, one person was injured.
16:02 Representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Andrei Yusov said that the version disseminated by Russia that the perpetrators of the terrorist attack in the Moscow region allegedly fled to Ukraine “does not stand up to any criticism”: “You don’t need to be a security expert for this. There has been a full-scale war for more than two years.” the border areas are saturated with enemy troops, special agents, representatives of special services, security forces. Now there is every sign that we are dealing with precisely such activities of the Russian special services. Further, in all likelihood, there will be whipping up of hysteria, tightening the screws and eliminating even the formal remnants of civil rights and freedoms."
15:25 In the morning, two enemy FPV drones attacked an invincibility point in one of the settlements of the Novoaleksandrovsk community, Kherson region. At that time, local residents were in the room, three of them were injured, the National Police reported.
14:43 Putin said that all the perpetrators of the terrorist attack in the Moscow region were allegedly found and detained. “They tried to hide on the territory of Ukraine. A window was prepared at the border to enter the territory of Ukraine,” says the head of the Kremlin.
13:32 Drone attacks have brought down Russian oil refining to a ten-month low, Bloomberg writes. The strikes hit 13 large and two small refineries.
13:14 In the morning, the Russians fired at the village. Volchanskie Khutor, Kharkov region, one person died, the prosecutor’s office reported.
12:50 As a result of a night Russian strike on the Osnovyansky district of Kharkov, four people were wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported. The enemy struck again when rescuers and police arrived at the scene of the first attack. As a result, two State Emergency Service workers and one policeman were injured. A resident of a neighboring house was also injured.
12:37 On the evening of March 22, a shooting occurred in the Crocus City Hall concert hall in the Moscow region before the concert of the Picnic group. According to preliminary information, 93 people were killed and another 160 were injured as a result of the incident. According to eyewitnesses, there were several attackers, some of them were allegedly eliminated by Russian security forces during the assault on Crocus, the rest were able to escape. This morning they were allegedly detained with shooting in the Bryansk region. About different versions of what happened and why the Kremlin does not believe in the involvement of ISIS - in the material Who is behind the terrorist attack in Moscow.
11:28 In the Dnepropetrovsk region, as a result of a night UAV attack and artillery shelling, some equipment at one of the substations was damaged and two 330 kV main lines were de-energized. As a result, the backup power supply circuit of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was disabled. Currently, repair crews have already resumed operation of one 330 kV line, Ukrenergo reported.
After yesterday's attack, the most difficult situation remains in the Kharkov region. Specialists from Ukrenergo and oblenergo are working on the gradual restoration of power to consumers using a backup scheme. There are still consumer outages in the Khmelnitsky region, and repair work continues. Hourly shutdown schedules apply in the Odessa region.
11:19 The FSB of the Russian Federation stated that the terrorists detained in the Bryansk region, who participated in the terrorist attack in the Moscow region, intended to cross the border with Ukraine, “had relevant contacts on the Ukrainian side.”
09:16 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 23:
- personnel - about 435,760 (+1050) people,
Recalling yesterday’s post on the subject, the real number may well be about half that, or 217,880.
- tanks - 6852 (+12),
- armored combat vehicles - 13,130 (+19),
- artillery systems - 10 811 (+36),
- MLRS - 1018 (+0),
- air defense systems - 723 (+0),
- aircraft - 347 (+0),
- helicopters - 325 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 8463 (+75),
- cruise missiles - 1992 (+39),
- ships/boats - 26 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 14,344 (+57),
- special equipment - 1768 (+19).
09:04 Over the past 24 hours, 69 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, the enemy tried 28 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka, Vodyanoye and Urozhainy, Donetsk region. Another ten enemy attacks were repulsed in the Avdeevsky direction (in the areas of Berdychi, Tonenkoye, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky) and the same number in Orekhovsky (in the areas of Staromayorsky, south of Novodarivka in the Donetsk region and near Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region).
In the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled three enemy attacks in the Sinkovka, Tabaevka and Berestovo areas of the Kharkov region; in Limansky - seven attacks in the areas of Belogorivka, Lugansk region and Sporny, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - five attacks in the areas of Ivanovsky, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk region; on Kherson - two attacks.
08:56 Belgorod and the region are again under fire, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the air defense allegedly shot down 11 targets. One person died, five were injured.
08:41 At night, the Russians attacked Kharkov with drones, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. The UAV hit a public utility building, causing the roof and room on the third floor of the building to burn. During the repeated shelling, a man from a nearby private house was injured. In turn, the State Emergency Service reports that during the repeated shelling, a rescuer and a policeman who arrived at the scene of the fire after the first strike were injured.
08:17 As a result of a night attack by drones, energy facilities in the Dnepropetrovsk region and Zaporozhye were damaged, the Southern Defense Forces reported. No casualties were reported.
08:09 Air defense at night destroyed 31 of 34 Shahed-type attack UAVs, which Russia attacked from the Kursk region and from the Crimean Cape Chauda, the Air Force reported. The drones were destroyed within the Poltava, Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. In addition, at night the enemy attacked the Donetsk region with four S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles.
07:28 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) claims that there are currently no signs of preparations for a Russian operation to encircle Kharkov. According to analysts, such an operation would be “too ambitious” a project. In particular, to encircle Kharkov, the Russians will require long movements across open terrain, which they have not carried out since the beginning of a full-scale invasion.
Currently, Russian troops are conducting an offensive operation along the Kupyansk-Svatovo-Kremennaya line, the goal of which is access to the Oskol River in the Kharkov region. However, even if the Russians achieve their goal, the prospects for the advance of Russian troops into the Kharkov region from the eastern bank of the Oskol River are very doubtful, experts say.
03:51 At the next NATO summit in Washington, the path to Ukraine’s future membership in the Alliance will be laid, US Undersecretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander said at the Kiev Security Forum: “Although it is too early to talk about this, you should know that during the Washington "At the summit, steps will be taken that will form a reliable bridge to Ukraine's future membership in NATO."
03:19 In the Belgorod region, a drone hit the Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant in the city of Stary Oskol, Russian telegram channels write. As a result of the attack, two workshops of the plant were allegedly damaged. Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced “a blow to one of the enterprises.” Public accounts write that the plant produces metal used for military equipment.
Public accounts also report a fire at an oil refinery near the city of Novokuibyshevsk, Samara Region. According to preliminary data, the plant was attacked by a drone.
01:52 The New York Times writes, citing American officials, that the Islamic State group is behind the terrorist attack in Moscow. The information is also confirmed by CBS News with reference to an American official. According to media sources, the same group that carried out a terrorist attack in Iran during the anniversary of the death of General Qassem Soleimani in January 2024 may be behind the attack.