Restless night with strong explosions and prolonged air raid alert: what is known about the Russian attack on March 9
Date: 2023-03-09 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WAR
On the night of March 9, Russia once again attacked Ukraine.
At about one in the morning in Kyiv, an air alert was announced in a number of Ukrainian regions. Previously, it was about the attack of drones. This information has not been officially confirmed.
Later, explosions were heard in Kherson. The firing point was located in the local forest on the left bank near Oleshki, now occupied by the enemy.
Then Andriy Yermak, head of the President's Office, announced at night with an official warning about the threat. On social media, he wrote a short but threatening message: "We do not ignore anxiety in any way."
It also became known that in the Kyiv region there is a threat of an air attack. Local residents were advised to stay in shelters.
It was reported on social media that the power went out in some areas in several areas. In particular, it was about Kharkov, Odessa, Kyiv regions.
And at about two o'clock in the morning, an air raid engulfed the whole of Ukraine. It was reported about the flight of drones in a number of areas and the work of air defense. But the information has not been officially confirmed.
After the air raid alert was announced, the sounds of explosions were heard in Odessa and Nikolaev. This was reported by local media.
Explosions also thundered in the Dnieper and a number of explosions in Kharkov. The authorities advised to stay in shelters and not ignore the alarms.
In particular, it was reported about the sounds of explosions in Khmelnitsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporozhye, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Kyiv. There is also information about the sounds of explosions in the Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnitsky and Kyiv regions. There were no official reports from local authorities about explosions at night in these regions.
Later it became known that in the Odessa region, missiles hit the energy infrastructure of the region. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Power supply restrictions began to take effect. According to the results of the work of air defense units, there is a shooting down of missiles.
In Kharkov, because of the explosions, there were problems with the light. In Kharkiv, the energy infrastructure found itself under enemy gunpoint.
In total, the enemy delivered about 15 blows to the Kharkiv region. There was a hit in a residential building.
There was also information about the increased threat of a missile attack in the Cherkasy region: measures were taken to cut off electricity in the region.
Eyewitnesses reported sounds similar to explosions in the Lviv region. There was no official confirmation of this information.
In the Kharkiv region, two people were rescued from a private house that the Russians attacked. They received medical attention.
On the morning of March 9, a series of powerful explosions were heard in Kyiv. The explosions were so powerful that windows shook in the houses.
Eyewitnesses also reported a massive fire. A column of black smoke rose into the sky.
Later, repeated explosions thundered in the Dnieper.
Prior to this, the mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, told where the explosions took place in Kyiv on March 9, 2023.
In some areas of Kyiv and the region, the light has disappeared. Probably, the electricity was turned off preventively.
DTEK reported that due to an enemy attack, emergency blackouts are applied. This is a forced preventive step that will avoid significant damage to the energy infrastructure if enemy missiles reach the target.
Explosions were also reported in Sumy, Vinnitsa, Kirovograd and Kyiv regions.
Since the morning of March 9, air defense forces have been working in the Kyiv region.
In total, the air raid in Ukraine lasted six hours. It was only at almost seven in the morning in a number of Ukrainian regions that air raid alerts began to sound, in particular, in western Ukraine.
