russia launches a massive missile attack on Ukraine by night

On the night of March 9, the russian invaders once again resorted to a combined rocket and drone attack on the territory of Ukraine from the air. Kh-22 supersonic missiles, Iranian Shahedi drones, and cruise missiles were used, Rubryka reports.

Around one in the morning, an air raid alert was announced outside Kyiv in several Ukrainian regions.

• Later, explosions rang out in the southern city of Kherson, which was liberated in November 2022 after a nine-month russian occupation. The firing point was in a local forest on the left bank near Oleshky, which the russian forces now occupy.

Around two o'clock in the morning, an air raid alarm covered the whole of Ukraine.

• After the announcement of the air alert, the sounds of explosions were heard in Odesa and Mykolaiv, the Ukrainian cities in the south, local mass media reported.
• There were also explosions in Dnipro in Ukraine's east and a series of explosions in Kharkiv in Ukraine's northeast. The authorities advised citizens to stay in shelters and not to ignore air raid warnings.

As of 06:30, the strikes were reported in the Kharkiv region in the northeast and Odesa region in the south.

• In Odesa, rockets struck the region's energy infrastructure facility. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Power supply restrictions were applied immediately. Air defense units shot down the missiles. 
• In the Kharkiv region, the russian forces made about 15 strikes. Objects of critical infrastructure are again under the sights of the occupiers. Previously, there was a strike on a private residential building. Two people were saved. They were given medical assistance.

In addition, explosions and air defense operations at night were reported in the Lviv region, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ternopil region, Vinnytsia region, Zhytomyr region, Dnipropetrovsk region, and Cherkasy region spanning from the far-most west of the country, center, and east.

• On the morning of March 9, a series of powerful explosions rang out in Kyiv. The explosions were so powerful that windows in houses shook.

Mayor Vitalii Klychko confirmed the explosions in the Holosiivskyi district. Due to the enemy's attack, emergency power outages are used, DTEK reported.

Later, the head of the capital reported another explosion in the capital.

"Sviatoshinskyi District. Cars are on fire in the yard of one of the residential buildings. All services are heading to the scene.

The air alert continues. Stay in shelters!" Klychko said on the Telegram messaging app.

He added: "Two victims in Sviatoshinskyi district. Medics are assisting the spot."

Ukrzaliznytsia Railways also reports several de-energized sections across the country, and reserve locomotives are involved. Among the 98 trains, five are delayed for more than one hour and another 10 for more than 30 minutes.

In the Zolochiv district of Lviv region, the western province bordering Poland, a russian rocket struck a residential area. At this time, it is known that four people were killed.

UPD: Later, at 9:20, Kozytsky reported that the number of dead had increased to five. Rescuers found the body of another man, born in 1963, under the rubble.

On the Telegram channel, the head of the Lviv regional military administration, Maksym Kozytskyi, reported about the consequences of the massive missile strike the russians launched against Ukraine that night.

"At this moment, we know of four dead people. They are four adults. Two men and two women. They were at home at the time of the rocket's fall. The rubble is still being sorted out. There may be other people under them," the head of the region emphasized.

The consequences of the russian missile attack on the Zolochiv district were made public. Kozytskyi reported that the fire also destroyed three residential buildings, three cars, a garage and several outbuildings.

The russian army also attacked the eastern region of Dnipropetrovsk with drones and rockets, and artillery fire continued, resulting in one person being killed and two being injured.

The head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Serhii Lysak, reported on Telegram that the strikes were recorded in Dnipro, Pavlohrad, Kryvyi Rih, and Nikopol districts.

"Due to this massive attack, one person died, and two were injured," said the head of the region.

The head of the region also clarified:

"As a result of artillery shelling, a 34-year-old man died. A 28-year-old woman and a 19-year-old boy were injured. They were hospitalized. Enemy attacks caused several fires in the (Nikopol district – ed.) area."

Energy infrastructure and industrial enterprises were damaged due to the attack. There is severe damage and fires.

The enemy continued artillery shelling, targeting the Nikopol district – the Chervonohryhorivka community and the city of Nikopol. In total, russians fired almost 40 shells.

It should be noted that defenders from the East air command shot down seven enemy missiles over the Dnipropetrovsk region.