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Massive Russian Missile Barrage Hits Targets Across Ukraine

March 9, 2023
Stephen M.Cby Stephen M.C
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Massive Russian Missile Barrage Hits Targets Across Ukraine

Three Russian rockets launched against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region are seen at dawn in Kharkiv, Ukraine

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky disclosed on Thursday, March 9, 2023, that Russia unleashed “a massive rocket attack” that hit critical infrastructure and residential buildings in 10 regions of Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the barrage that came while many people slept as an attempt by Moscow “to intimidate Ukrainians again.”

“The occupiers can only terrorize civilians. That’s all they can do,” Zelenskyy noted in an online statement.

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The Kremlin’s forces started targeting Ukraine’s power supply last October in an apparent attempt to demoralize the civilian population.

The barrages later became less frequent, with analysts speculating Russia may have been running low on ammunition. The last massive barrage took place on February 16, 2023.

The latest attack left almost half of consumers in Kyiv without heating, with temperatures at around 9 degrees Celsius (48 Fahrenheit) amid a spring thaw.

According to nuclear state operator, Energoatom, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which is occupied by Russian forces, lost power as a result of the missile attacks.

It is the sixth time the plant has been in a state of blackout since it was taken over by Russia months ago, forcing it to rely on 18 diesel generators that can run the station for 10 days, Energoatom said.

Nuclear plants need constant power to run cooling systems and avoid a meltdown.

“The countdown has begun,” Energoatom said.

Air raid sirens wailed through the night across Ukraine, including the capital, Kyiv, where explosions occurred in two western areas of the city. Defense systems were activated around the country.

According to Ukraine’s Chief Commander of the Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Russia launched 81 missiles and eight exploding Shahed drones.

Thirty-four cruise missiles, as well as four drones were intercepted, he said.

Viktor Bukhta, a 57-year-old resident of a damaged residential building in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynski district, said a missile landed nearby at about 6.45 a.m. Officials said three people were wounded there.

Kyiv’s city administration said the capital was attacked with both missiles and exploding drones. Many were intercepted but its energy infrastructure was hit.

Smoke could be seen rising from a facility in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district and police had closed off all roads leading to it.

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People wait behind police cordon after a rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 9, 2023.

The alarm in Kyiv was lifted just before 8 a.m., with the air raid sirens falling silent after some seven hours.

Private electricity operator DTEK reported that three of its power stations had been hit. There were no casualties, but the company said equipment was severely damaged.

Energy Minister Decries Missile Strikes

In a Facebook post, Ukrainian Energy Minister, Herman Halushchenko condemned the missile strikes as “another barbaric massive attack on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine.”

The Minister added that facilities in Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk and Zhytomyr regions had been targeted.

Ukrainian Railways reported power outages in certain areas, with 15 trains delayed.

Preventive emergency power cuts were applied in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Odesa regions, DTEK reported.

Mayor Ihor Terekhov disclosed that Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, was left without running water and heating after 15 missiles hit the region.

Terekhov added that electricity shortages also disrupted mobile communications and public transport in the city, as all trams and trolleybuses ground to a halt.

Five people were killed in the Lviv region after a missile struck a residential area, Lviv Gov. Maksym Kozytskyi said. Three buildings were destroyed by fire, and rescue workers were combing through rubble looking for more possible victims, he added.

A sixth person was killed and two others wounded in multiple strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region that targeted its energy infrastructure and industrial facilities, Gov. Serhii Lysak said.

In the south, Odesa Gov. Maksym Marchenko said residential buildings were hit and several power lines were damaged in strikes on his region. He said six missiles and one drone were shot down.

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