For the third time in a few days, Russia causes a massive rocket strike in Ukraine. On the night of March 24, she launched a lot of cruise missiles from 14 Tu-95MC boards, the Air Force said. The same night, the Shahanedovs struck in all regions of Ukraine and flew to Lviv and Frankivsk region.
According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces, in total, the Russians attacked 29 winged missiles X-101/X-555 and 28 shock drones of the Shahd type, Ukrainian military destroyed 18 winged missiles X-101/X-555 and 25 shock Shakh.
After 4 o'clock in the morning, rockets began to enter the territory of Ukraine through Sumy and Chernihiv and headed west. After 5 hours, the Air Force reported that the first groups of rockets had already flew in Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia and Khmelnytsky region.
At the same time, a group of missiles, which flew to Ukraine from Chernihiv region, according to the Air Force, hit Kiev, worked as a air defense .
At about 5.05 in the morning, the people of Kiev heard explosions in different parts of the capital. Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko wrote about the explosions and work of air defense.
Subsequently, the Air Force stated that many rockets that went to the West changed the course and flew to Lviv. The head of the region Maxim Kozytsky also warned about it.
Some of the rockets flew to Lutsk and Rivne, but changed the course to Lviv.
After 5.17 rockets flew directly above the center of Lviv , their whistle was heard near the Market Square, the air defense system began to operate.
After that, the rockets went further to Stryi.
Subsequently, another group of missiles from Volyn went to Lviv, Kozitsky said. These missiles also gradually flew over the city towards Stryi.
About 5.40 in Lviv a series of explosions came and in the city center was heard the work of the air defense system.
According to the Air Force monitoring, much of the missiles could hit Stryi. There, as social networks write, there were also explosions.
Air anxiety ended around 6 am.
Later, the Polish Army's operational command reported that one of the missiles had fallen into Poland's aviation space . Poland and NATO military aircraft were lifted into the air.
"The facility entered the Polish space near the city of the City (Lublin Voivodeship) and stayed there for 39 seconds. Throughout the flight, military radars were observed throughout the flight," the message reads.
However, the Poles did not knock the rocket.
"We knew the flight trajectory, it was clear that this object would not go deep into our country," said Lieutenant Colonel Jacek Gorishevsky, a spokesman for the Polish Armed Forces in a comment by RMF FM.
In the morning at about 9:30, the Russians from the Mig-31K hit the Lviv region “daggers”.
"There are two hitting in the same object of critical infrastructure as the occupiers were targeted at night. The firefighters who extinguished the fire were warned in time. They managed to move to a safe place," Kozitsky said.
Previous massive rocket strokes Russia struck on the night of March 21 - in Kiev, and on the night of March 22 - all over Ukraine, which became the biggest attack on Ukrainian energy during the war.
On the night of March 24, a rocket attack on the occupied Crimea also took place. Telegram channels reported the destruction of a number of military facilities. The Air Force commander thanked the pilots and sailors for their successful combat work. Instead, Sevastopol declared one killed civilian from the fall of debris.
The consequences of a night attack
Photo author, SESS Signature to the photo burned in Kiev on the night of March 21
According to the Kyiv City Military Administration, the wreckage of rockets in the forest strip in the Desnyanskiy district, also into the territory of the park zone and the territory of residential development in the Shevchenkivskyi district. The facade of the high -rise building was damaged, there was no fire. There are no victims in the capital.
In the Lviv region , Shakhda and missiles attacked the object of critical infrastructure, said the head of the region Maxim Kozytsky. There was a fire, there were no pre -victims.
In total, 19 winged rockets and 7 drones were used against Western Ukraine , and 8 rockets and all drones were knocked down.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, due to the fall of the debris in Kryvyi Rih, the heating systems and power lines have been damaged, the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration reports.
Due to the voltage drop, several boilers are disconnected in the city. There are 6 hospitals, more than one and a half hundred educational institutions, and 3,000 homes, where 76 thousand people live. Emergency and recovery crews work.
In the Nikopol region, the wreckage of the whipped drone damaged the energy. More than 3,000 subscribers in Nikopol and more than 6.4 thousand in the area remained without light, but the power supply has already been restored.
In the Odessa region, the Russians attacked the Danube. The hit was caused by damage to the port infrastructure, the south defense forces reported.
Massive blows this week
Photo author, KMVA signature for photos, destruction of an apartment building in Kiev on March 21
On March 21, the first spring massive blow, which came to Kyiv, took place after a month's break. 17 people were injured in the capital and region, but rockets were knocked down.
The military reported on 31 whipped missiles. According to the Armed Forces, the Russian military used 29 winged missiles X-101/X-555, launched from 11 strategic Tu-95MC bombers.
In addition, according to the construction of the Air Force of the Armed Forces, there were two more ballistic missiles-"Iskander-M" and "dagger". Most rockets maneuvered in many regions of the country and eventually went to the capital.
In Kiev and the region there were destruction of residential buildings, kindergartens and industrial facilities.
author, Lachenkov signat
On March 22, Russia has carried out the largest attack on Ukraine's energy during the war. There were hit and damage to generation objects throughout the country. The legendary Dniproges in Zaporozhye came under the blow, and Kharkiv remained completely without light.
The restoration of power supply is still ongoing.
Emergency shutdowns of light began in seven regions of the south and east of the country. There were three people in Khmelnitsky, and two in Zaporozhye.
At that time, Russia attacked Ukraine more than 60 Shahaneda and almost 90 rockets of different types. Including aerobalistic "daggers".
As a result of the air combat, 92 air targets were destroyed, the PSs say: 55 Shahmed, 35 Winged Missiles X-101/X-555 and 2 guided aviation missiles X-59. Most rockets failed to knock down, because they were beating in regions where there is no way to knock down ballistic missiles and not as a powerful air defense system as in Kiev.
Photo author, SESS Signature to the photo, parsing in Khmelnitsky
The rockets also destroyed energy facilities in Lviv and Burshtyn TPP in the Frankivsk region.
Before that, Russia has inflicted massive combined rocket strokes all winter, but paused in massive shelling since February 15, continuing the bloody strokes in different cities of the East and South of Ukraine.
Photo author, prosecutor's office signature to photo, destruction of Burshtyn TPP
