Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:12 Zelensky said in an evening video message that during this week the Russians used almost 190 missiles of various types, almost 140 “martyrs” and almost 700 guided bombs against Ukraine.
20:59 Speaker of the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces Jacek Goryszewski explained that shooting down a Russian missile that flew into the country's airspace would be risky - primarily for the local population. "The decision was based on information from our radar systems. An assessment of the missile's trajectory, speed and altitude indicated that it would leave our airspace," he added.
20:47 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, they discussed Ukraine’s need to strengthen air defense, bilateral cooperation and cooperation at the EU level. We agreed to speed up work on the preparation of a bilateral security agreement.
20:34 In the morning, the Russians fired artillery at a residential area in the city of Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region, wounding three people, the prosecutor’s office reported.
19:03 Radio Liberty showed satellite images of the consequences of a missile attack on the communications center of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. The Planet Labs satellite recorded that as a result of missile strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, one of the buildings on Rudneva Street was hit. Images from March 21 and 24 show that the roof of the building collapsed after a missile attack. Fire service vehicles are also visible near the building.
18:50 In Krivoy Rog, power outage schedules are being introduced, said the head of the city, Alexander Vilkul. According to him, hospitals, pumping stations and other critical infrastructure facilities will switch to generators.
17:19 The Kuibyshev Oil Refinery in Samara suspended operations after a UAV attack on March 23, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra. As a result of the attack at the plant, the AVT-4 installation was damaged, the production cycle of the enterprise was stopped. Over the past three weeks, this is the 12th attack on a refinery in Russia, the publication notes.
16:48 In Kharkov, the energy situation remains the most difficult - in the city, as a result of shelling, the thermal power plant and all transformer substations were destroyed, said the mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov. According to him, it is impossible to provide an exact date for the complete restoration of power supply. Electricity supplies were resumed in approximately 40% of houses, heating in 60%. The city uses stabilization shutdown schedules.
16:25 During the morning Russian attack in western Ukraine, a missile hit the ground infrastructure of one of the underground gas storage facilities, and technological equipment was damaged, said the head of the Naftogaz Group, Alexey Chernyshev. He assured that there are no critical consequences in terms of ensuring the operation of underground gas storage facilities, since the gas is located at a considerable depth. The damaged part of the ground infrastructure will require restoration, but there is enough spare capacity.
13:12 Polish air defense forces would have shot down a Russian missile that flew into the country tonight if there was confidence that it was heading towards some Polish target, Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysh said: “Each such situation is considered individually. But If there had been any indication that this object was heading towards any target located on Polish territory, it would obviously have been shot down."
10:31 Defense forces hit large landing ships Yamal and Azov, a communications center, as well as several infrastructure facilities of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, StratCom reported.
10:26 Russian public pages write that more than 30 Russian military personnel were killed as a result of the attack on Sevastopol. According to sources, the attack targeted a “well-camouflaged command post” containing more than 20 officers. Also, the attack was on the location of Russian marines. Telegram channels claim that three Su-27 aircraft were damaged at the Belbek airfield.
10:23 In the morning, the Russians struck the Lviv region with Daggers - according to preliminary information, there were two hits on the same critical infrastructure facility that was damaged at night. The rescuers who extinguished the fire managed to move to a safe place before the new strike, said the head of the OVA, Maxim Kozitsky.
08:52 Late in the evening, the Russians shelled Kupyansk, Kharkov region, one person was wounded, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
08:50 During a night attack, the port infrastructure of the Danube region was damaged as a result of a hit, the Southern Defense Forces reported.
08:43 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 24:
- personnel - about 436,750 (+990) people,
- tanks - 6876 (+24),
- armored combat vehicles - 13,158 (+28),
- artillery systems - 10 855 (+44),
- MLRS - 1018 (+0),
- air defense systems - 723 (+0),
- aircraft - 347 (+0),
- helicopters - 325 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 8510 (+47),
- cruise missiles - 1992 (+0),
- ships/boats - 26 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 14,407 (+63),
- special equipment - 1778 (+10).
08:37 Air defense overnight destroyed 18 of 29 missiles and 25 of 28 Shahed-type attack drones, the Air Force reported. In particular, at night the Russian Federation attacked with 29 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from 14 Tu-95MS strategic aircraft (launch area - Engels). Attack UAVs were launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and from the Crimean Cape Chauda). Air targets were destroyed within the Dnepropetrovsk, Kherson, Nikolaev, Odessa, Sumy, Kyiv, Volyn and Lvov regions.
08:29 Over the past 24 hours, 75 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, the enemy tried 34 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Konstantinovka and Urozhainy, Donetsk region. Another 15 enemy attacks were repulsed in the Bakhmut direction (in the areas of Kleshcheevka, Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Donetsk region) and 13 attacks in Avdeevsky (in the areas of Berdychi, Tonenkoye, Pervomaisky, Yasnobrodovka and Nevelskoye, Donetsk region).
The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansk direction. In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled eight enemy attacks in the Belogorivka areas of the Luhansk region and Ternov, Yampolevka, Razdolovka, Vesely, Spornoye of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - four attacks in the Rabotino area of the Zaporozhye region; in Kherson - two attacks in the area of the village of Krynki, Kherson region.
08:22 In the morning, a Russian oil depot in the village of Gvardeyskoye was attacked in Crimea, local publics report.
08:10 The Polish Ministry of Defense announced a violation of the country's airspace by one of the cruise missiles launched by Russian aircraft. The object entered Polish airspace near the city of Osierdow (Lublin Voivodeship) and stayed there for 39 seconds. It was monitored by military radars throughout the flight. All necessary procedures were put in place to ensure the safety of Polish airspace, in particular, Polish and allied aviation was activated.
07:51 The Russians attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones at night, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. In Krivoy Rog, as a result of falling debris, heating networks and power lines were damaged, and several boiler houses were turned off in the city. Six hospitals, more than 150 educational institutions, 3,000 houses, where 76 thousand people live, were left without heat. In the Nikopol region, debris from a downed drone damaged an energy facility. More than 3,000 subscribers in Nikopol and more than 6,400 in the region were left without electricity. Power supply has already been restored.
07:46 At night, enemy drones and missiles attacked a critical infrastructure facility in the Lviv region. A fire has broken out and rescuers are on the scene. There were no reports of casualties, said the head of the OVA, Maxim Kozitsky. The mayor of Lvov, Andrei Sadovyi, clarified that about 20 missiles and seven suicide bombers were flying into the region, targeting critical infrastructure facilities. There were no hits in Lvov itself.
07:19 At night, the Russian Federation again attacked Kiev with missiles, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko. The enemy used Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles from the Tu-95MS strategic bombers. The missiles approached Kyiv in groups, from the northern direction. Air defense forces hit about ten enemy missiles over the capital and in the area of the capital. As a result of the missile strike, debris fell in two areas: in Desnyansky - on the territory of forest plantations, in Shevchenkovsky - on the territory of a park area and residential buildings. The façade of a multi-storey residential building was damaged; no casualties were reported.
00:54 Public accounts write about the Ukrainian attack on the main communications center of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. Explosions also occurred in Cossack Bay, where the 810th Russian Marine Brigade is located. Meanwhile, the commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Nikolai Oleshchuk, thanked the pilots and sailors for their successful combat work. The occupation “authorities” of Crimea stated that air defense forces allegedly successfully worked in the region.