Skip next section Ukraine repels overnight drone attacks, Russian rockets hit Kharkiv
03/23/2024March 23, 2024
Ukraine repels overnight drone attacks, Russian rockets hit Kharkiv
The says it intercepted 31 out of a total of 34 Russian drones launched against its territory overnight.
The drones were shot down over central, southern and southeastern Ukraine.
In the northeastern city of Kharkiv, still reeling from Thursday night’s strikes, mayor Ihor Terekhov reported 15 explosions as a result of further Russian rocket attacks.
“There are problems with electricity supplies,” he said. “The enemy has purposely targeted energy infrastructure.”
The attacks were on a much smaller scale than those 24 hours earlier, , damaging the country’s largest hydroelectric power station and dam on the Dnipro River.
President said his forces were unable to adequately defend the entire country because Western allies had not provided air defense systems in sufficient quantities.
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Skip next section Samara: Russian oil refineries attacked far beyond frontline
03/23/2024March 23, 2024
Samara: Russian oil refineries attacked far beyond frontline
Ukrainian drones have attacked two oil refineries in the Russian region of Samara on the , one thousand kilometers east of the , according to Russian authorities.
One attack caused a fire at the Kuibyshev refinery, which local governor Dmitry Azarov later confirmed had been put out with no casualties.
The refinery, run by Russian oil giant , is one of the largest in the region and has a production capacity of seven million tons per year, according to its official website.
A simultaneous attack on another refinery in the region “was repelled without damaging the technological equipment,” Azarov said.
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Skip next section Belgorod: Two dead, seven injured in Ukrainian strikes
03/23/2024March 23, 2024
Belgorod: Two dead, seven injured in Ukrainian strikes
Russia authorities say air attacks on the have left two people dead and seven injured.
Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that two districts in his region as well as Belgorod city, had been hit by drones and other aerial ordnance.
“It’s shaping up to be a difficult morning,” Gladkov wrote on Telegram, elaborating: “As a result of an air attack by Ukrainian armed forces on Belgorod, three balconies collapsed in an apartment building. One of these apartments was occupied by a married couple. To much grief, the man died from his injuries on the spot.
He posted a photo of a residential building with the facade partially destroyed and said a second man had been killed in a drone strike outside the city.
mf/lo (AFP, AP, dpa, Reuters)
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