Russia's nighttime attacks were heinous – Zelenskyy

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, has stated in his evening address that the nighttime Russian attacks on Ukraine on 21-22 March had the deliberate goal of causing structural damage to the life of Ukrainian society rather than military damage.

Source: address of Zelenskyy

Quote: "Everywhere there were impacts, recovery efforts are underway. All services, repair brigades, rescue teams of Ukraine's State Emergency Service, police, and everyone involved will be working around the clock to overcome this terror to the maximum extent possible. The city of Kharkiv and Kharkiv [Oblast], Sumy [Oblast], Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk [Oblast], Poltava [Oblast], Odesa [Oblast], the city of Khmelnytsky and Khmelnytsky [Oblast], Vinnytsia, and Ivano-Frankivsk [Oblast]...

These strikes were extremely heinous, with the deliberate goal of causing structural damage to society’s life rather than military damage to our ability to defend ourselves – and this is terror, by definition, without any disguises."

Details: Zelenskyy noted that the most complicated situation is in the city of Kharkiv at the moment. The restoration of electricity for critical infrastructure and residential consumers is ongoing.

Quote: "This work will continue without interruptions. Much progress has been made during the day in Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnytsky, Vinnytsia, and Poltava [oblasts] to restore electricity, water, and heating supplies. Work continues in Odesa [Oblast]. Special attention is being given to hydroelectric facilities in Zaporizhzhia.

I thank everyone working for Ukraine, for the people. Repair brigades, engineers, and all power plant workers are true heroes. The collective effort of Ukraine's State Emergency Service is commendable as always, and I am proud of each one of them. The police, businesses, and all those providing support at this time, thank you. Unified government action on the ground is crucial – now, more than ever, the personal effectiveness of everyone managing hromadas is needed  [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]."

Details: The President also called air defence the key issue: "true and comprehensive protection from Russian missiles and Shahed drones is only possible with sufficient political will on the part of our partners".

Background: On 21 March, the Russians struck 15 oblasts of Ukraine, 125 settlements and 150 infrastructure facilities.

On the night of 21-22 March, the Russians launched a combinated missile-aerial attack on critical infrastructure facilities of Ukraine. In total the Russians used 151 means of aerial attack. The Ukrainian defence managed to destroy 92 Russian air targets.

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