Russia unleashed a barrage of missiles and drones on Friday, March 22, hitting power stations and blowing up a bus in Ukraine.
Knewz.com has learned that Moscow fired nearly 90 missiles and 60 drones overnight, killing an unspecified number of people.
“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 trolleybus,” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X alongside a video of destruction.
“Russia is at war with people’s everyday lives. My condolences to the loved ones of those killed by this terror.”
Zelensky noted that Kharkiv and its region, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Poltava, Dnipro, Odesa, Khmelnytskyi and its region, Vinnytsia, and Ivano-Frankivsk were all affected by the barrage.
“In all of the cities affected by the attack, the necessary services have already been deployed. Rescuers, power engineers, regional and local authorities, police and utility services are helping people. Nobody will be left without assistance. Electrical power is being restored,” he wrote.
According to Express, Ukrhydroenergo power company put out a statement declaring that “the fire at the station continues.
“Emergency services and energy workers are working on the spot, overcoming the consequences of numerous airstrikes. There is no threat of a breakthrough [of the dam].
“The situation at the station dam is under control.”
Ukraine Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko wrote on X that the strike was the “biggest attack on [Ukraine’s] energy sector in recent times.”
“There were damaged power generation facilities, transmission and distribution systems,” he continued. “The aim is not just to cause damage, but to cause a failure of all energy system. Terrorussia can’t break us! We’ll stand.”
Zelensky noted how Russia doesn’t hesitate to strike while stating that Ukraine is at the mercy of outside aid in protecting itself.
“Russian missiles have no delays, unlike aid packages for Ukraine. ‘Shahed’ drones have no indecision, unlike some politicians. It is critical to understand the cost of delays and postponed decisions,” he wrote on X.
Zelensky also made another plea to foreign leaders for additional aid.
“Patriot systems must protect Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia; air defense is required to protect people, infrastructure, homes, and dams. Our partners know exactly what is needed. They can definitely support us. These are necessary decisions. Life must be protected from these savages from Moscow,” the Ukrainian president concluded.
The massive strike came a day after Russia’s biggest assault on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, in six weeks.
As Knewz.com reported on Thursday, March 21, Russia responded to an attack from Ukraine with a barrage of 31 ballistic and cruise missiles in Kyiv.
However, air defenses shot down all of the missiles. Still, 13 people including a child were hurt as wreckage fell on them, according to CBS News.
The attack took place at approximately 5 a.m. local time. Missiles arrived in the city from different directions, said Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv City Administration.
According to Ukraine’s air force, the weapons launched included two ballistic missiles and 29 cruise missiles.
The attack was in response to Ukraine’s assaults on Belgorod in recent days.
Russia President Vladimir Putin said a little before the attacks that his military would “respond in kind,” adding that his country “can respond in the same way regarding civilian infrastructure and all other objects of this kind that the enemy attacks. We have our own views on this matter and our own plans. We will follow what we have outlined.”
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that an 11-year-old girl and 38-year-old man were injured in the attack. Ukraine’s emergency services added that approximately 80 people had to leave their homes amid the blasts.
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