Russian forces strike Zaporizhzhia again: One person injured, gas station on fire
Russian troops struck the Kosmichnyi district of Zaporizhzhia, causing a gas station to catch fire and leaving one person injured.
24 March 2026
Russian troops struck the Kosmichnyi district of Zaporizhzhia, causing a gas station to catch fire and leaving one person injured.
Air Defense Forces shot down 25 Russian missiles and 365 drones of various types.
Russian troops fired multiple-launch rocket systems at the Central district of Kherson this morning.
Ukrainian forces engaged in 168 combat clashes with Russian invaders on March 23.
On Tuesday morning, Poland scrambled combat aircraft and put ground reconnaissance and air defense systems on high alert due to Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian territory.
Russia lost another 890 troops in its war against Ukraine over the past 24 hours, bringing its total personnel losses to about 1,289,740 since the start of the full-scale invasion.
Two people were killed and 11 injured as a result of Russian strikes in the Poltava region in the early hours of Tuesday, March 24.
Russian forces have carried out a massive strike on Zaporizhzhia using unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles, leaving one person dead and five others injured.
Russian troops have not achieved significant progress toward the Krasnopillia community, including the village of Pokrovka, despite repeated attempts since last year.
In Znamianka, Kirovohrad region, 20 houses were damaged as a result of a Russian attack.
23 March 2026
In the Odesa district, during a massive Russian strike, a drone hit a public bus stop, injuring an 18-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that, according to intelligence reports, Russian forces may be preparing a massive strike today.
Russian forces carried out more than 60 attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region throughout the day, targeting the Synelnykove, Nikopol, Kryvyi Rih districts, and the city of Dnipro.
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces have released, for the first time, footage of their role in the battle for Kyiv at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia is planning to further deploy ground-based control stations for long-range drones, both in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories and in Belarus.
The Russian army has attacked the positions of Ukraine's Defense Forces 116 times since the beginning of the day. The enemy is exerting the greatest pressure in the Pokrovsk sector and is showing increased activity in the Kostiantynivka and Huliaipole sectors.
Ukrainian service members are continuing professional training on foreign weapons and military equipment abroad, and for this year, basic combined-arms training activities are planned in three EU countries.
The Ministry of Defense has codified and authorized the Ukrainian-made unmanned aerial system JEDI Shahed Hunter for operation in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The settlements of Platonivka and Minkivka in Donetsk region are under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Andrii Hnatov, during a meeting with Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Admiral Pierre Vandier, stated that Ukraine is ready to share its combat experience with partners in the context of high-tech warfare.
Satellite images indicate that after the Ukrainian strike, at least four oil tanks are burning at one of Russia’s largest export oil terminals, "Transneft – Port Primorsk."
In the Kherson region, Russian forces shelled Bilozerka, where two people were wounded; the central part of Kherson and the settlement of Zelenivka also came under attack in the morning.
Russian troops have intensified their offensive operations across several fronts—between March 17 and 20, the Russian army carried out 619 assaults.
Last weekend, Russian forces damaged two schools in the Shevchenkove community of the Kupiansk district.
Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck Russian air defense systems and drone depots.
Defense Forces have struck key fuel and energy infrastructure facilities in the Russian Federation. Specifically, these include the Transneft – Port Primorsk oil terminal and the Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim oil refinery.
Injury toll after the Russian drone attack on Kryvyi Rih has increased to four. One of them is in critical condition.
In frontline regions, new power outages have occurred as a result of enemy shelling and drone attacks.
Russia is trying to catch up with Ukraine in the production of naval drones; the Defense Forces consider this threat real and are preparing for it.
Claims regarding Russian troop advances in Vovchansk and Synkivka are unfounded.