On the night of Thursday March 21 to Friday March 22, Russia launched one of the most massive attacks in recent months against Ukraine. A hail of missiles left several dead and hit the country’s energy infrastructure hard.
“Last night, Russia launched more than 60 Shahed drones (explosive drones, Editor’s note) and nearly 90 missiles of different types on Ukraine,” denounced President Volodymyr Zelensky on X this Friday March 22, presenting his “ condolences to the families of those killed by this terror.” The Russian offensive was one of the most massive in recent months, according to Le Figarodoing “for the moment […] two dead and at least eight injured in Khmelnytskyi”, in the west of the country, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry told the French daily. “There are also six injured in Zaporizhia (south, Editor’s note), three people are reported missing from the site of the attacks,” he added.
“700,000 consumers are deprived of electricity”
Although the Ukrainian Air Force claimed that the anti-aircraft defense was able to shoot down 55 out of 63 Shahed drones and 37 out of 88 missiles, the attack nevertheless seriously affected the country’s infrastructure. “The world sees so clearly […] the targets of Russian terrorists: power plants and energy supply lines, a hydroelectric dam, ordinary apartment buildings, and even a trolleybus,” Volodymyr Zelensky listed in his post. “At present, 700,000 consumers are without electricity,” said Oleksii Kuleba, deputy head of the Ukrainian president’s office, this morning, reports Le Figaro.
This night, Russia launched over 60 “Shahed” drones and nearly 90 missiles of various types at Ukraine. The world sees the Russian terrorists’ targets as clearly as possible: power plants and energy supply lines, a hydroelectric dam, ordinary residential buildings, and even a pic.twitter.com/5dX2fAMMiE
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / (@ZelenskyyUa) March 22, 2024
“Russian missiles have no delays, unlike aid programs for Ukraine. Shahed drones have no indecision, unlike some politicians. It is essential to understand the cost of delays and postponed decisions,” also denounced the Ukrainian head of state, showing his exasperation while American aid has been blocked for months because of political rivalries between Republicans and Democrats and that of the EU has fallen significantly behind schedule, recalls BFMTV.