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I thought Joe told the Ukes to stop hitting Russian energy infrastructure.
I guess his orders don't carry so much weight these days.
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Here’s a link thru Tom Cooper to an analysis of refinery strikes that suggests they come in waves 6-7 days apart. Makes sense from a BDA perspective
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#5 try not to be so angry yo momma left you at an Oak Cliff fire station because her pimp couldn't figure out which of her customers was your daddy.
[StrategyPage] Can Russia Continue the War After 2024? I thought victory in the Special Military Operation was, like, two weeks? Or was that to flatten the Covid Curve? Confused
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^ Could be. It’d be interesting to guesstimate the same numbers for the Ukrainian side. They didn’t start off with nearly as many tubes and liners as the Russians and have also been prolific with their artillery use. There is a choke point in every logistical chain. For instance one US company manufacturers more than 90% of the primers used in small arms ammunition.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:32 Zelensky commented on the terrorist attack in the Moscow region: “What happened yesterday in Moscow, obviously, Putin and other scum are simply trying to blame it on someone else. They always have the same methods. This has already happened. And there were bombed houses, and shootings and explosions. And they always blame others."
20:49 The Russians launched a missile attack on the Slobodsky district of Kharkov, first with an X-35 missile. The warehouses and buildings of the enterprise were damaged, the prosecutor's office said.
20:03 According to the latest data from Russian media, 174 people were killed as a result of the terrorist attack in the Moscow region. According to propagandists, this is not the final number of victims. Thus, this massacre has already become the largest terrorist attack in Russia in terms of the number of deaths since Beslan. Russian officials ignore information about the possible involvement of ISIS militants in the shooting and continue to claim a “Ukrainian trace.” Why this version does not fit into the official facts - in the material What is wrong with the terrorist attack in Moscow
19:37 The UK Ministry of Defense published a photo of the first Ukrainian pilots who underwent intensive training under the guidance of Royal Air Force instructors and graduated from flight school. There are ten such pilots in total. The group will now move on to advanced flight training provided by the French Air Force before learning to fly F-16 fighter jets.
18:49 During the day, the Russians attacked the Dnepropetrovsk region 14 times, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. In particular, a gas station in the Krivoy Rog region was hit by a drone, one person was injured.
16:02 Representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Andrei Yusov said that the version disseminated by Russia that the perpetrators of the terrorist attack in the Moscow region allegedly fled to Ukraine “does not stand up to any criticism”: “You don’t need to be a security expert for this. There has been a full-scale war for more than two years.” the border areas are saturated with enemy troops, special agents, representatives of special services, security forces. Now there is every sign that we are dealing with precisely such activities of the Russian special services. Further, in all likelihood, there will be whipping up of hysteria, tightening the screws and eliminating even the formal remnants of civil rights and freedoms."
15:25 In the morning, two enemy FPV drones attacked an invincibility point in one of the settlements of the Novoaleksandrovsk community, Kherson region. At that time, local residents were in the room, three of them were injured, the National Police reported.
14:43 Putin said that all the perpetrators of the terrorist attack in the Moscow region were allegedly found and detained. “They tried to hide on the territory of Ukraine. A window was prepared at the border to enter the territory of Ukraine,” says the head of the Kremlin.
13:32 Drone attacks have brought down Russian oil refining to a ten-month low, Bloomberg writes. The strikes hit 13 large and two small refineries.
13:14 In the morning, the Russians fired at the village. Volchanskie Khutor, Kharkov region, one person died, the prosecutor’s office reported.
12:50 As a result of a night Russian strike on the Osnovyansky district of Kharkov, four people were wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported. The enemy struck again when rescuers and police arrived at the scene of the first attack. As a result, two State Emergency Service workers and one policeman were injured. A resident of a neighboring house was also injured.
12:37 On the evening of March 22, a shooting occurred in the Crocus City Hall concert hall in the Moscow region before the concert of the Picnic group. According to preliminary information, 93 people were killed and another 160 were injured as a result of the incident. According to eyewitnesses, there were several attackers, some of them were allegedly eliminated by Russian security forces during the assault on Crocus, the rest were able to escape. This morning they were allegedly detained with shooting in the Bryansk region. About different versions of what happened and why the Kremlin does not believe in the involvement of ISIS - in the material Who is behind the terrorist attack in Moscow.
11:28 In the Dnepropetrovsk region, as a result of a night UAV attack and artillery shelling, some equipment at one of the substations was damaged and two 330 kV main lines were de-energized. As a result, the backup power supply circuit of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was disabled. Currently, repair crews have already resumed operation of one 330 kV line, Ukrenergo reported.
After yesterday's attack, the most difficult situation remains in the Kharkov region. Specialists from Ukrenergo and oblenergo are working on the gradual restoration of power to consumers using a backup scheme. There are still consumer outages in the Khmelnitsky region, and repair work continues. Hourly shutdown schedules apply in the Odessa region.
11:19 The FSB of the Russian Federation stated that the terrorists detained in the Bryansk region, who participated in the terrorist attack in the Moscow region, intended to cross the border with Ukraine, “had relevant contacts on the Ukrainian side.”
09:16 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 23:
personnel - about 435,760 (+1050) people, Recalling yesterday’s post on the subject, the real number may well be about half that, or 217,880.
tanks - 6852 (+12),
armored combat vehicles - 13,130 (+19),
artillery systems - 10 811 (+36),
MLRS - 1018 (+0),
air defense systems - 723 (+0),
aircraft - 347 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 8463 (+75),
cruise missiles - 1992 (+39),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 14,344 (+57),
special equipment - 1768 (+19).
09:04 Over the past 24 hours, 69 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, the enemy tried 28 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka, Vodyanoye and Urozhainy, Donetsk region. Another ten enemy attacks were repulsed in the Avdeevsky direction (in the areas of Berdychi, Tonenkoye, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky) and the same number in Orekhovsky (in the areas of Staromayorsky, south of Novodarivka in the Donetsk region and near Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region).
In the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled three enemy attacks in the Sinkovka, Tabaevka and Berestovo areas of the Kharkov region; in Limansky - seven attacks in the areas of Belogorivka, Lugansk region and Sporny, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - five attacks in the areas of Ivanovsky, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk region; on Kherson - two attacks.
08:56 Belgorod and the region are again under fire, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the air defense allegedly shot down 11 targets. One person died, five were injured.
08:41 At night, the Russians attacked Kharkov with drones, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. The UAV hit a public utility building, causing the roof and room on the third floor of the building to burn. During the repeated shelling, a man from a nearby private house was injured. In turn, the State Emergency Service reports that during the repeated shelling, a rescuer and a policeman who arrived at the scene of the fire after the first strike were injured.
08:17 As a result of a night attack by drones, energy facilities in the Dnepropetrovsk region and Zaporozhye were damaged, the Southern Defense Forces reported. No casualties were reported.
08:09 Air defense at night destroyed 31 of 34 Shahed-type attack UAVs, which Russia attacked from the Kursk region and from the Crimean Cape Chauda, the Air Force reported. The drones were destroyed within the Poltava, Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. In addition, at night the enemy attacked the Donetsk region with four S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles.
07:28 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) claims that there are currently no signs of preparations for a Russian operation to encircle Kharkov. According to analysts, such an operation would be “too ambitious” a project. In particular, to encircle Kharkov, the Russians will require long movements across open terrain, which they have not carried out since the beginning of a full-scale invasion.
Currently, Russian troops are conducting an offensive operation along the Kupyansk-Svatovo-Kremennaya line, the goal of which is access to the Oskol River in the Kharkov region. However, even if the Russians achieve their goal, the prospects for the advance of Russian troops into the Kharkov region from the eastern bank of the Oskol River are very doubtful, experts say.
03:51 At the next NATO summit in Washington, the path to Ukraine’s future membership in the Alliance will be laid, US Undersecretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander said at the Kiev Security Forum: “Although it is too early to talk about this, you should know that during the Washington "At the summit, steps will be taken that will form a reliable bridge to Ukraine's future membership in NATO."
03:19 In the Belgorod region, a drone hit the Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant in the city of Stary Oskol, Russian telegram channels write. As a result of the attack, two workshops of the plant were allegedly damaged. Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced “a blow to one of the enterprises.” Public accounts write that the plant produces metal used for military equipment.
Public accounts also report a fire at an oil refinery near the city of Novokuibyshevsk, Samara Region. According to preliminary data, the plant was attacked by a drone.
01:52 The New York Times writes, citing American officials, that the Islamic State group is behind the terrorist attack in Moscow. The information is also confirmed by CBS News with reference to an American official. According to media sources, the same group that carried out a terrorist attack in Iran during the anniversary of the death of General Qassem Soleimani in January 2024 may be behind the attack.
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[Korrespondent] The General Staff reported on the situation at the front.
During the day, the defense forces repelled 27 attacks by Russian invaders in the Novopavlovsk direction.
During the day, 64 military clashes were recorded at the front. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced this in an evening report on Saturday, March 23.
In total, Russian troops carried out six missile and 70 air strikes, and carried out 72 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian invaders did not conduct offensive (assault) actions. In the Liman direction, soldiers repulsed six enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka in the Luhansk region and Terny, Yampolevka, Razdolevka, Veseloye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defenses.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled 11 attacks by the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Klishchievka, Bogdanovka, Ivanovskoye, Donetsk region. In the Avdeevsky direction, defenders repulsed nine enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Berdichi, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye, Donetsk region.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to restrain the Russians in the areas of the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka, Konstantinovka and Urozhaynoye, where the invaders, with the support of aviation, tried 27 times to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian troops.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces three times in the area of the settlement of Robotino, Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the enemy made one unsuccessful attack on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the area of the village of Krynki, Kherson region.
During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on eight areas where Russian personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated.
Units of the missile forces inflicted defeat on the area where personnel were concentrated, four points of inflammation, an air defense facility, an artillery weapon and an enemy radar station.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces, aviation, and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the AFU 32nd Mechanised Brigade, and repelled three enemy attacks near Sinkovka (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses were up to 20 troops, three motor vehicles, one French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery system, and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Krasnoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and improved tactical situation on the front line.
Air strikes and artillery fire defeated units of AFU 42nd Mechanised, 17th Tank, 92nd Assault, 79th Air Assault, 46th, 81st Airmobile brigades close to Kleshcheyevka, Kurdyumovka, Paraskoviyevka, Krasnogorovka, Maksimilyanovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Belogorovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
Four attacks of the AFU 67th Mechanised Brigade's assault groups were repelled near Bogdanovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 200 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, and one Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
In Avdievka direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces' units captured more favourable positions, and hit clusters of manpower and hardware of AFU 59th Mechanised Infantry, 23rd, 53rd Mechanised brigades close to Neytalovo, Umanskoye, Ocheretino, and Toretsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, 12 counterattacks launched by units of AFU 25th Airborne, 3rd Assault, 24th, 47th Mechanised brigades were repelled near Novgorodskoye, Semyonovka, Orlovka, Tonenkoye, and Berdichi (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 350 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and five motor vehicles. In the course of the counter-battery warfare, the Russian troops hit one Czech-made DANA self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one U.S.-made 105mm M119 gun.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved situation on the front line, and inflicted fire damage on AFU 58th Mechanised Infantry, 72nd Mechanised brigades close to Urozhaynoye, Makarovka, Ugledar (Donetsk People's Republic).
Moreover, one enemy attack was repelled close to Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 65 Ukrainian troops and three motor vehicles.
In Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr Group of Forces hit clusters of manpower and hardware of AFU 128th, 65th Mechanised, 35th Naval Infantry brigades near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region), Tokarevka (Kherson region).
The enemy losses were up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, five pick-up trucks, and two U.S.-made M777 artillery systems.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged two S-300 SAM systems, one P-18 radar, one illumination and surveillance radar, one temporary deployment area of foreign mercenaries, as well as manpower and hardware of the AFU in 149 areas during the day.
Air defence systems have shot down 171 AFU UAVs, as well as 29 U.S.-made HIMARS and Czech-made Vampire MLRS projectiles.
In total, 577 airplanes and 270 helicopters, 16,736 unmanned aerial vehicles, 489 air defence missile systems, 15,576 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,254 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 8,497 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 20,101 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 21:35 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC:
– n.p. Gorlovka, as a result of the release of high explosives from a UAV on the Panteleimonovka-Gorlovka highway, a man born in 1961 was injured in a car.
as a result of the detonation of a previously unexploded cluster submunition on the street. Ermolova, 30, a man born in 1974 was wounded.
Additional information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic:
– Donetsk (Kirovsky district), st. Dagestanskaya, 50 – multi-apartment residential building, the heating network was also damaged.
– n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), lane. Torgovy, 4 – a direct hit on a private residential building with subsequent fire.
Dumping of explosives from a UAV at 14:25, st. Babiya, 15 – direct hit on a private residential building with subsequent fire.
Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.
20:59 Massive combined attack of RF Armed Forces.
Yesterday, against the background of multiple attacks on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine and the spectacular attack of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station, at least three more effective defeats of enemy military facilities in the Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Kirovograd and Odessa regions remained unattended.
The military airfields of Kanatovo and Starokonstantinov were subjected to missile attacks by the Russian Armed Forces, where, in addition to supply substations, military aircraft and ammunition storage areas were attacked.
Coordinates: 48.5599582, 32.3900536
Thus, according to sources, on the territory of the Kanatovo airfield, a technical workshop in which ADM-160A MALD decoy missiles were temporarily stored was hit - a strong combustion occurred, accompanied by the sounds of secondary detonation (how many missiles were in the workshop and whether the flight equipment was damaged is unknown).
Coordinates: 49.7449496, 27.2699058
At the same time, at the Starokonstantinov airfield, one Su-24 was damaged by shrapnel (subject to restoration/repair) and a transport-loading vehicle was destroyed.
Coordinates: 49.4648646, 24.9517050
In addition, several attacks were recorded in the Ternopil region, in particular, on the territory of the 777th Separate Logistics Regiment (Berezhany, military unit A1461). As a result of the damage, a fire was observed at the facility without signs of secondary detonation, which could not be extinguished for more than 4 hours.
Coordinates: 46.6164345, 31.0517004
In addition, on the evening of March 22, the Yuzhny offshore oil terminal was hit by two missiles. It is known that two tanks with fuels and lubricants were damaged, and residents of nearby settlements observed prolonged burning.
Summarizing all of the above, it becomes obvious that the strikes have become more strategic and organized. At the same time, the choice of goals seems more thoughtful. I would like to hope that this approach to planning and carrying out attacks will continue and become more systematic and frequent.
19:24 Advance of the RF Armed Forces –map.
1. Krasnoye(freed)
2. Tonen'koye.
18:51 Even against the backdrop of the tragedy, military personnel in the Special Military Operation zone continue to continuously carry out their assigned tasks -video.
In the Shakhtarsky direction, UAV operators of the 37th Brigade of the 36th Army are working on enemy dugouts.
17:53 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Battle of Chasov Yar: advance in Krasnoye and the surrounding area.
The Russian Armed Forces were able to make significant progress in the Bakhmut direction, knocking the enemy out of Ivanovo and occupying several strong points.
The first information about the offensive began to appear yesterday, and today the Russian Ministry of Defense announced full control over Ivanovsky, but apparently the cleansing of the settlement is still underway.
To the north, the Russian Armed Forces advanced along the O0506 highway, knocking out the enemy from several forest belts, and, at a minimum, approached the outskirts of the forest overlooking the Kanal microdistrict, also known as the settlement of Novoye.
In addition, on the northern outskirts of Ivanovsky, the enemy was driven out of part of the fortified area on Mount Baba on the eastern edge of the Stupki-Golubovskie-2 nature reserve, but the Russian Armed Forces were either unable or did not go deeper into these plantings.
Fighting continues on the western outskirts of Ivanovo. This part of the settlement is adjacent almost closely to the Stupki tract, in which well-fortified enemy positions are located on a hill, offering views of the western outskirts of the settlement.
To the south, according to some data, there is also an advance by the Russian Armed Forces, where several forest clearings are occupied towards the south-eastern outskirts of the Stupki tract.
In addition, according to some reports, there is progress in the Kleshcheevka area, where the Russian Armed Forces were able to knock out the enemy from several positions in the Alabaster headquarters area.
16:32 The Russian Armed Forces liberated Krasnoye in the DPR and improved the tactical position along the front line in the Donetsk direction -Ministry of Defense.
14:14 Air defense units of Russian paratroopers destroyed three reconnaissance drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction.
13:43 The crew of the 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS of the 1st Army Corps of the Southern Group of Forces launched a missile attack on the rear positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction -video.
12:02 Enemy acknowledges further loss of positions in the Tonenkoye area and the advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the northwest and west of the village. Despite all efforts, the enemy cannot stop the advance of the Russian Armed Forces west of Avdievka.
The terror unleashed by the Nazis is a direct consequence of the sharp deterioration of the situation for them along the entire front.
11:18 The Russian army is successfully advancing in the area of Kremennaya, Avdievka and Donetsk -map.
The main conclusions of the American Institute for the Study of War:
On the night of March 21-22, Russian troops launched their largest series of combined drone and missile strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
Russian forces will continue offensive operations until the spring of 2024, while preparing for an expected offensive in the summer of 2024.
Russian troops are conducting an offensive in the area of ??Kremennaya, Avdievka, Donetsk and the border region of the Donetsk-Zaporozhye region amid ongoing positional battles along the entire line of contact.
10:22 Situation in the Rabotino-Verbovoye section at 10.00
The counterbattery fight on both sides continued throughout the night in the Orekhovsky direction. The barrel artillery of the Russian Armed Forces carried out massive attacks on previously identified concentrations of manpower and field guns of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Since early morning, UAV operators of the Russian Armed Forces have been conducting aerial reconnaissance and identifying the movements of enemy personnel and equipment.
Fighting continues in the Rabotino area. The enemy attempted a counterattack, trying to dislodge our troops from their occupied positions, but to no avail. The Russian army continues to expand its zone of control in the center of the village and is slowly moving forward, pushing through the enemy’s defenses.
Local battles are taking place northeast of Verbovoy; fighters of the Russian Armed Forces are moving forward, inflicting serious damage on the enemy.
09:25 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Mikhailovka three rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha eight rounds;
-- n.p. Kakhovka six rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery six rounds;
-- n.p. Sagi four rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Obryvka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Rybalche, firing a total of 21 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
08:52 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation for March 22, 2024
Although all attention is now focused on the terrorist attack and tragedy in Moscow, right now heavy fighting continues in the Northern Military District zone, and the enemy is artillery attack Russian cities and villages in the front line.
– For the first time since the spring of 2023, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive attack on energy infrastructure facilities in ten so-called regions. Ukraine. There were power and communications outages in many areas.
– Belgorod came under fire again. There are dead and injured; throughout the day, settlements in the region were hit, and several targets were intercepted by air defense systems.
– There is generally relative calm on the fronts. The parties are exchanging strikes and mutual reconnaissance, increasing their defensive capabilities.
– At the same time, heavy fighting continues in the Avdeevsky direction at the Berdychi-Tonenkoye line, and in the Vremevsky direction, Russian forces have advanced west of Staromayorsky.
– In the Zaporozhye direction, the launcher and control center of the NASAMS air defense system were destroyed. The target was more than 50 kilometers away on the front line and was the second target of this type hit in a month.
– Near Krynki in the Kherson direction, another enemy rotation was disrupted. Artillery fire destroyed two vessels and several members of the Ukrainian formations.
08:10 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC:
34 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC
Information was received about the death of two and the injury of one civilian.
Damaged:
Three residential buildings,
One car,
Three civil infrastructure facilities.
Nine attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 25 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 107 units of various ammunition.
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[Regnum] The manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-25, launched on March 23 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, separated from the third stage of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle and entered orbit.
A crew including the first Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya, cosmonaut of the Roscosmos state corporation Oleg Novitsky and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson went to the International Space Station on the ship. The flight to the ISS will follow a two-day rendezvous scheme; the expected time of docking of the spacecraft with the universal node module of the Russian segment of the ISS is March 25, 18:10 Moscow time.
As Regnum reported, on March 21, the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, which was supposed to fly to the ISS, was canceled at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. During the broadcast, it became known about the automatic cancellation and return of the launch complex units to their original state. The launch was canceled after a five-minute readiness announcement.
The head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, said that the next launch from Baikonur will take place on March 23. He clarified that the cancellation occurred due to a voltage drop in the chemical current source, which occurred abnormally during pre-launch preparations.
Cosmonautics historian Alexander Zheleznyakov said on March 21 that this is the first time in Russian cosmonautics that a crewed rocket launch has been canceled during the five-minute readiness period before launch. At the same time, he clarified that such incidents have occurred in unmanned astronautics.
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