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News from March 9: Russian missile barrage pounds several cities as Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant temporarily loses power.

Russia's military launched a large-scale missile attack on Kyiv and cities across Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least six civilians, according to ...

[Telegram post](https://t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official/5410)Thursday. [Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0341C7gCzWp5fZ4WFn7RYHb3rb54N7xdSZTUafCw31g8ZRd7wwhK2YDhJJZHVWFC2ul) that its forces had "repelled attacks" on the key eastern Ukrainian [city of Bakhmut](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/09/ukraine-reinforce-eastern-front) and on surrounding communities on the 379th day of the Russian military invasion. [Shahed drones](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/27/ukraine-russia-war-iran-drones) in total, Ukraine’s Air Force Command said in a [Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/kpszsu/posts/589916729842946) Thursday. [Telegram post](https://t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA/3506). [AP](https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-kyiv-odesa-kharkiv-40714ec02d628a95458594da6ba8a80e)reported. [Telegram post](https://t.me/s/vitaliy_klitschko)that 40% of the capital's residents were without heating following a missile strike.

Russia fired a huge wave of missiles across Ukraine on Thursday as people slept, killing at least nine civilians and knocking out power in an attack Kyiv ...

Kyiv and the West call it an unprovoked war to subdue an independent state. Ukraine said the attacks had knocked out power in various places including to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, severing it from the grid and forcing it onto emergency diesel power to prevent a meltdown. Moscow says Bakhmut is important as a step to securing the surrounding Donbas region, a major war aim. Ukrainian officials said it was the first time they had faced so many of the weapons, which Ukraine has no way to shoot down. Kyiv, the Black Sea port of Odesa and Kharkiv were all hit. Kyiv says the air strikes have no military purpose and aim to harm and intimidate civilians, a war crime. In his speeches, President Vladimir Putin regularly touts the Kinzhal as a weapon for which the transatlantic NATO alliance backing Kyiv has no answer. Villagers in Zolochiv in Ukraine's western Lviv region carried a body in a black plastic bag over the rubble of a brick house completely destroyed by a missile. Then the other cars caught on fire as well. They put the body into the back of a white van with another. It claimed to have hit all its intended targets, destroying drone bases, disrupting railways and damaging facilities that make and repair arms. "The occupiers can only terrorise civilians.

The Russian attack - targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure - was the first on such a scale for three weeks. Air raid alerts were sounded across the ...

A nuclear accident would "affect both Russia and Ukraine, and perhaps even more," Rafael Grossi, the director general of the IAEA, told Sky News. The site itself is very unlikely to be deliberately targeted by either side. Ukraine said the air strikes have no military purpose and aim to harm and intimidate civilians - a war crime. he wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Levels have now been restored to normal. [Volodymyr Zelenskyy](https://news.sky.com/topic/volodymyr-zelenskyy-10031) said 10 regions were affected and described the barrage that came while many people slept as an attempt by Moscow "to intimidate Ukrainians again". Then the other cars caught on fire as well. No, we certainly do not." We quickly jumped out of bed and saw one car on fire. Air raid alerts were sounded across the country as the airstrikes knocked out power, with residential areas also hit. "It's very frightening. They are continuing their terror against peaceful people."

A total of 81 missiles were used in a “massive attack” on Ukrainian infrastructure, including six Kinzhal ballistic missiles that have the ability to elude ...

They could go to Kramatorsk, they could go to Sloviansk, it would be open road for the Russians after Bakhmut to other towns in Ukraine, in the Donetsk direction,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in an exclusive interview from Kyiv. Correction: This story has been updated to reflect that the known death toll in Ukraine on Thursday from overnight attacks was 11, not 16. Russia’s pretext for Thursday’s attacks was dismissed by Kyiv’s Defense Ministry, which likened the Kremlin’s claims of “retaliation” to propaganda tactics used by the Nazi regime in justifying the use of V-1 flying bombs over London during World War II. A senior US defense official said Thursday that Ukraine is becoming a “battle lab” for testing Iranian weapons outside of the Middle East. The official spoke ahead of US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s visit to Israel where Iranian-Russian military cooperation will be on the agenda. Russia used the nuclear-capable Kinzhal missile, which it has described as a hypersonic weapon, on a few occasions in the first weeks of its invasion last year. Russian security officials claimed a small Ukrainian armed group last week crossed the Russian border into the southern Bryansk region. In Kyiv, an air raid alert lasted for almost 7 hours overnight into Thursday and power outages were implemented as a preventative measure, regional authorities said. This is an attack like I don’t remember seeing before,” Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of Ukraine, said on Ukrainian television Thursday. “The attack is really large-scale and for the first time using such different types of missiles. Several infrastructure facilities and other buildings were hit elsewhere in Ukraine. The fire destroyed three residential buildings, and three cars.

In the maritime domain, the U.S. Navy helped implement modern sea denial in the Black Sea, with U.S. Naval Forces Europe working with Ukrainian coastal defense ...

U.S. Lisa Ferdinando, “NATO Unified, Resolute in Face of Russia’s Ukraine Invasion,” U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa/U.S. Defence Journal, 6 October 2022; and Huw Dylan and Thomas Maguire, “Why Are Governments Sharing Intelligence on the Ukraine War and What Are the Risks?” The Conversation, 18 February 2022. Heather Mongilio, “U.S. Sending Vehicle-Mounted Harpoon Launchers for Ukraine Coastal Defense”, USNI News, 15 June 2022; Shane Harris and Dan Lamothe, “Intelligence-sharing with Ukraine Designed to Prevent Wider War,” The Washington Post, 11 May 2022. Felicia Schwartz, Henry Foy, and John Reed, “U.S. In the maritime domain, the U.S. forces access to the Black Sea and provided direct maritime warfighting advantages on Ukraine’s maritime approach.13 After less than a year of war in Ukraine, Russia’s Black Sea Fleet was rendered defensive.14 Specifically, from the beginning of the conflict through October 2022, more than 40 countries provided more than $97 billion in financial, humanitarian, and military aid to Ukraine.18 Although Russia’s military aggression was designed to threaten Western sovereignty and weaken the foundations of the NATO alliance, it had the opposite effect. Navy sent Ukraine Harpoon coastal defense missiles and enabled Ukrainian Navy forces to develop maritime domain awareness through information-sharing mechanisms.6 In parallel, the United Kingdom provided Ukraine various weapon systems matched with operational intelligence.7 Using novel capabilities with only minimal manning, in March the Ukrainian forces struck and damaged a Russian Alligator LST in the Sea of Azov, sank the Russian Slava-class cruiser Moskva in the northwest Black Sea, and forced the Russians to withdraw from their maritime outpost on Snake Island near Odesa.8 As Ukrainian successes mounted, Russian maritime standoff distances in the Black Sea increased.9 naval forces early in the conflict, enabling operational coordination in Odesa to contest Russia’s control of Ukraine’s maritime approaches.11 Over time, direct information sharing procedures enabled tactical success and the warfighting advantages that followed.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A barrage of more than 80 Russian missiles and a smaller number of exploding drones hit residential buildings and critical ...

Three men and two women were killed in the western region of Lviv after a missile struck a residential area, Gov. Grossi and others have called for the plant to be demilitarized, including the withdrawal of Russian troops. Speaking at the IAEA meeting in Vienna, Russian envoy Mikhail Ulyanov said Moscow supports measures to prevent attacks against the plant. “We went into the yard. The mixture of munitions makes it harder for air defenses to cope with the onslaught, military analysts say. “Then the cars caught fire. nuclear watchdog agency said the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant lost all external power for 11 hours after its last remaining power line was disconnected following reports of the missile strikes. The Kremlin’s forces started targeting Ukraine’s power supply last October in an apparent attempt to demoralize the civilian population and compel Kyiv to negotiate peace on Moscow’s terms. “We have already shown what Ukraine is capable of,” he said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the assault that came while many people slept was “another attempt by the terrorist state to wage war against civilization.” [recent incursion](/article/russia-ukraine-war-missile-strike-apartment-building-d2b8fc376956d2bedc44d3a0d711f260) into the Bryansk region of western Russia by what Moscow claimed were Ukrainian saboteurs. The attacks later became less frequent, and analysts speculated that Russia may have been running low on ammunition.

Russian missile strikes on Ukraine leave at least nine dead; UN warn urgent action needed to protect Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after power lost in attacks.

[Russia](https://www.theguardian.com/world/russia)has introduced personal sanctions against 144 government officials, journalists, lawmakers and other public figures from the three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – deemed “most hostile” to Moscow. [At least nine civilians were reported killed.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/09/ukraine-war-missile-strikes-attacks-hit-kyiv-power-out-odesa-kharkiv)Critical infrastructure and residential buildings in 10 regions were hit, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. The amendments to the country’s criminal code endorsed by President Alexander Lukashenko envisage death sentences for officials and service personnel who cause “irreparable damage” to Belarus’s national security through acts of treason. [an estimated 100-200 casualties a day](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/09/ukraine-bakhmut-heavy-casualties-russia-war). [Ukraine](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine)in three weeks in the early hours of Thursday, including six hypersonic missiles able to evade air defences. According to Variety, Zelenskiy had been hoping to appear on this Sunday’s telecast following on from previous cultural appearances but the request has been denied.

Russia fired dozens of missiles including hypersonic weapons at regions across Ukraine on Thursday, striking civilian infrastructure and the country's ...

Four of the drones and 34 cruise missiles were intercepted, Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhny, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces. Russia fired dozens of missiles including hypersonic weapons at regions across Ukraine on Thursday, striking civilian infrastructure and the country’s defense industry.

The electrical power supply at Europe's largest nuclear power plant is lost after Russia launches missiles.

Mr Klitschko said cars were burning in the courtyard of one residential building and he urged people to stay in shelters. "Our defenders repelled attacks on Bakhmut and on surrounding communities." The figures cannot be verified independently. "Each time we are rolling a dice. "The enemy continued its attacks and has shown no sign of a let-up in storming the city of Bakhmut," the general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces said. The attacks hit cities from Kharkiv in the north to Odesa in the south and Zhytomyr in the west.

Russia says the attacks were “retaliation” for what it called a terrorist attack by Ukraine in Russia's Bryansk region last week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, meanwhile, said that extending the deal was becoming “complicated”. - Russia said it imposed sanctions on 144 government officials, journalists, legislators and other public figures deemed “most hostile” to Moscow from the Baltic states of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. - Russia launched a huge wave of missile attacks across Ukraine, killing at least six civilians, three of them in the southern city of Kherson, and cutting power to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Russia's first missile blitz on Ukrainian cities in weeks was met with defiance and disgust over the targeting of civilians, while Ukrainian forces ...

* The U.S. Moscow confirmed it had used Kinzhal - Russian for dagger - missiles in Thursday's attack. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Russia's attack, which included Kinzhal hypersonic weapons, killed at least nine. The Freedom House report says the war led to 'devastating human rights ...

Evidence abounds that the effort to isolate Putin has failed and that [sanctions haven’t stopped Russia](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/02/15/russia-sanctions-impact-ukraine-war/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5&itid=lb_one-year-of-russias-war-in-ukraine_7), thanks to its oil and gas exports. [how to balance safety, duty and love](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/ukraine-war-anniversary-families-frontline/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4&itid=lb_one-year-of-russias-war-in-ukraine_4), with once-intertwined lives having become unrecognizable. [Scroll through portraits of Ukrainians reflecting on a year of loss, resilience and fear](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/ukraine-russia-anniversary-portraits/?itid=lk_inline_manual_1&itid=lb_one-year-of-russias-war-in-ukraine_2). [Follow the 600-mile front line between Ukrainian and Russian forces and take a look at where the fighting has been concentrated](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/russia-ukraine-front-line-map/?itid=sf_world_ukraine-russia_dont-miss_p002_f001&itid=lk_inline_manual_3&itid=lb_one-year-of-russias-war-in-ukraine_3). “Some soldiers have turned their weapons on themselves, dying by suicide. The attack killed at least nine people.

Russian missile strikes across Ukraine while people slept on Thursday killed at least six civilians, knocking out electricity and forcing a nuclear power plant ...

The Kinburn spit is a stretch of land that stretches out from Kherson oblast to the west, and is opposite the southern coast of Ukraine that runs from Odesa to Mykolaiv. Kherson is one of the regions of Ukraine that Russia partially occupies and claims to have annexed. Ukraine blamed Russia for the loss of power to the plant in southeastern Ukraine. Participating in the EU scheme could help Ukraine to stave off gas shortages. The actor called it “a symbolic silly thing” but after Ukraine wins the war against Russia, he could bring it back to him. He had previously promised to smelt an Oscar if the Academy didn’t let him speak. The organisation had earlier published a list of 6,000 “bribetakers and warmongers” it said should be issued with sanctions by western countries. In the past year, the comedian turned politician has appeared via satellite during the Grammy awards and Golden Globes and within film festivals such as Cannes and most recently Berlin. On Thursday, power to the Russian-occupied plant was lost during Russian air strikes. Russia’s state-owned news agency Tass is reporting that security services in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria claim to have foiled an assassination attempt on the internationally unrecognised leader, Vadim Krasnoselsky. And if we allow this to continue time after time then one day our luck will run out.” “This letter was a big political mistake,” wrote Volkov in a post on Thursday where he uploaded the October 2022 letter to Borrell.