Restless Night with Loud Explosions and Long Air Raid Alarm: Known Details about Russian Strike on March 9th

During the night of March 9th, Russia attacked Ukraine once again. 

- At about 1 a.m. Kyiv time, air raid alarms were announced in a number of Ukrainian regions. Preliminarily, it was a drone attack. This information was not officially confirmed. 

- Later, explosions were heard in Kherson. The firing point was located in a local forest on the left bank near Oleshky, which is now occupied by the enemy. 

- Then, the Head of the Presidential Office, Andrii Yermak, issued an official warning about the danger at night. He wrote a short but threatening message on social media: "Under no circumstances ignore the alarm tonight". 

- It also became known that there was a threat of an air attack in the Kyiv Region. Local residents were advised to take shelter. 

- Social media reported that power was cut off in some areas in several regions. In particular, it was about Kharkiv, Odesa, and Kyiv regions. 

- And around 2 a.m., an air raid alarm spread throughout Ukraine. There were reports of drones flying in a number of regions and air defense operations. But the information was not officially confirmed. 

- After the air raid alarm was announced, explosions were heard in Odesa and Mykolaiv. This was reported by local media.

- There were also explosions in Dnipro and a series of explosions in Kharkiv. Authorities advised people to take shelter and not to ignore alarms.

- In particular, the sounds of explosions were reported in Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, and Kyiv. There is also information about the sounds of explosions in Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnytskyi and Kyiv regions. There were no official reports from local authorities about explosions at night in these regions.

- Later it was reported that missiles hit an energy infrastructure facility in Odesa region. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Electricity supply restrictions came into effect. Air defense units have managed to shoot down the missiles. 

- The explosions caused power outages in Kharkiv. Energy infrastructure in Kharkiv came under enemy fire. 

- In total, the enemy struck about 15 times in the Kharkiv region. There was a hit to a residential building. 

- There was also information about an increased threat of a missile strike in Cherkasy region: precautionary power outages were introduced in the region. 

- Eyewitnesses reported sounds similar to explosions in the Lviv region. There was no official confirmation of this information.

- In Kharkiv region, two people were rescued from a private house that had been attacked by Russians. They received medical care. 

- In the morning of March 9th, a series of powerful explosions occurred in Kyiv. The explosions were so powerful that windows in the buildings shook. 

- Eyewitnesses also reported a large-scale fire. A column of black smoke rose into the sky.

- Later, repeated explosions were heard in Dnipro. 

- Earlier, Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klychko told where the explosions occurred in Kyiv on March 9th, 2023. 

- In some areas of Kyiv and the region, power went out. It is likely that the electricity was turned off preventively. 

- DTEK reported that emergency power outages are being used due to the enemy attack. This is a forced preventive step that will avoid significant damage to the energy infrastructure if enemy missiles reach their target.

- Explosions were also reported in Sumy, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad and Kyiv regions. 

- In the morning of March 9th, air defense forces were operating in Kyiv region.

In total, the air alert in Ukraine lasted six hours. It was only at around seven in the morning that air raid alarms began to be heard in a number of Ukrainian regions, particularly in western Ukraine.

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