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#Repost @weareukraine.info with @use.repost . . . In the early hours of March 29, 2024, Russia initiated another extensive assault on Ukrainian cities, targeting nearly every Ukrainian region with a total of 99 air assault assets.
Ukraine’s air defense downed 58 of the 60 launched Shahed-type drones, 17 of 21 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles, five of nine Kh-59 guided missiles, and all four of the Russian-launched Iskander cruise missiles. Russia also utilised three Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ballistic missiles and two Iskander ballistic missiles in its attack.
DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy company, confirmed that three of its power plants were struck and seriously damaged, with one worker sustaining injuries.
Multiple explosions were reported in Dnipro, the capital of Dnipropetrovsk region. In Kamianske, also in Dnipropetrovsk region, critical infrastructure was damaged, leading to one man being hospitalized, according to Governor Serhii Lysak. The attacks resulted in damage to several energy facilities in Dnipropetrovsk region, with a housing cooperative destroyed in Kamianske, injuring five individuals, including a 5-year-old girl.
Explosions were also reported in the western cities of Ivano-Frankivsk and Khemelnytskyi. Poland announced that it deployed military jets to safeguard its airspace during the attack. Previously, a Russian cruise missile entered Polish airspace for 39 seconds during Russia’s March 24 mass attack on Ukraine.
Russia has increasingly intensified its mass attacks against Ukraine, particularly targeting its energy infrastructure. The March 22 attack damaged Ukraine’s largest hydroelectric power plant, the Dnipro HPP.
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