22 March 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine
In the morning hours of 22 March 2024, Russia carried out one of the largest missile and drone attacks against Ukraine in the series of similar Russian attacks during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War with 88 missiles and 63 drones. Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih, Khmelnytskyi, Poltava Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast, Odesa Oblast, Sumy Oblast and other parts of the country were subjected to rocket fire by the Russian army. The Dnieper Hydroelectric Station was put out of action.
| March 2024 Ukraine missile strike | |
|---|---|
| Part of Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure (2022–present) | |
| Location | Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih, Khmelnytskyi, Poltava Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast, Odesa Oblast, Sumy Oblast and other parts of Ukraine |
| Date | 22 March 2024 |
| Deaths | 5 civilians |
| Injured | 26 |
| Perpetrators | Russian Air Force |
The attacks left over a million people without electricity. The head of Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, called the attack on the energy system the largest since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian army into the territory of sovereign Ukraine.
Three people were killed and 14 more were injured as a result of the Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia, one person died in the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, and there were civilian casualties and injuries in Khmelnytskyi. Kharkiv was left without electricity.