Russians attack port infrastructure in Odesa and Chornomorsk over 180 times this year, Kuleba says
Russian troops have carried out more than 180 attacks on port infrastructure in Odesa and Chornomorsk since the start of the year.
22 March 2026
Russian troops have carried out more than 180 attacks on port infrastructure in Odesa and Chornomorsk since the start of the year.
The Russian army attacked an industrial infrastructure facility in Kryvyi Rih.
On the morning of March 22, Russian troops struck a medical facility in the village of Velykyi Burluk, Kharkiv region, with drones.
In Brovary, Kyiv region, a gas station, an enterprise, nine private homes, and four cars were damaged as a result of a Russian attack on the night of March 22.
Russian forces have stepped up their redeployment and are preparing for new offensive operations on several fronts simultaneously.
On the night of March 22, Russian drones attacked an agricultural enterprise in the Koriukivka district of the Chernihiv region.
Over the course of the week, the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine using nearly 1,550 attack drones, more than 1,260 guided aerial bombs, and two missiles.
Over the past 24 hours, one person was killed, and three others were wounded in the Kherson region as a result of shelling by Russian forces.
One person was killed, and six others were wounded in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours as a result of Russian shelling.
Over the past 24 hours, 12 settlements in the Kharkiv region came under enemy attack. Two people were injured as a result of the shelling.
Over the past 24 hours, 148 combat engagements took place between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the enemy attacking the most in the Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka, and Huliaipole sectors.
Air Defense Forces shot down 127 of the 139 drones used by the Russians to attack Ukraine since the evening of March 21.
Russian forces attacked four districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region nearly 20 times overnight using drones and artillery. One person was injured.
Total combat losses among Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to March 22, 2026, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,287,880 personnel, including 940 over the past 24 hours.
Over the past 24 hours, the occupiers have launched 700 strikes on 39 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. Two people were killed and eight wounded as a result of enemy attacks on Zaporizhzhia.
On the Odesa Railway, a female conductor was fatally injured and one person was wounded during the evacuation of passengers.
The enemy attacked the Brovary community in the Kyiv region, damaging businesses, homes, and cars, and causing a fire.
21 March 2026
Russian forces attacked the village of Maydan in Donetsk region with drones, killing a 63-year-old woman and injuring four others, including a 15-year-old child.
As a result of a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia, 47,000 electricity subscribers were left without power.
Russian forces struck the territory of a preschool education facility in the Sumy community.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stated that Ukraine will increase the scale of deep strikes on legitimate targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
The Russian army carried out strikes on the Dnipropetrovsk region, resulting in two people dead and five wounded.
Following the strike, 47,000 customers lost electricity.
Since the start of the day 43 combat engagements have occurred between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops, with the enemy concentrating its main efforts on the Huliaipole, Kostiantynivka, and Pokrovsk sectors.
The town of Pokrovka in Sumy region remains under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces; claims circulating on Russian media outlets that it has allegedly been captured are untrue.
Russian forces are attacking Zaporizhzhia, damaging critical infrastructure.
The Ministry of Defense has provided details on the specific nature of the military specialty of unmanned aerial vehicle operators and their training.
Without invoking Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, NATO is already responding collectively to hybrid threats by conducting localized “Enhanced Vigilance Activities” (eVA).
Drawing on the experience of the war in Ukraine, the North Atlantic Alliance has launched a new training program for all NATO members titled “Audacious Training,” which involves Ukrainian experts to strengthen opposing forces for developing the adaptive capabilities of NATO forces.
Overnight, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck facilities at the Saratov Oil Refinery in the Russian Federation.