Rybar Ukraine Report English: March 9 2023.

❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on March 9 2023.

▪️Russian troops have launched another massive missile strike against Ukraine's energy infrastructure. The engine room and boiler room of CHPP-5 in Kyiv were hit. Almost half of the city was left without electricity for several hours.

▪️Another priority target was Kharkiv, with several powerful explosions reported in various districts. The city experienced serious power, water and communication outages. According to some reports, CHPP-3 and CHPP-5 are shut down.

▪️n Sumy Region, Russian missiles hit at least three facilities in Shostka. One of the targets was chemical products research institute working for the defence industry.

▪️Sources in western Ukraine report powerful explosions in Lutsk and Kivertsi of the Volyn Region. Possible targets of strikes in the area could be fuel depots, airfields, and the Lutsk-North substation.

▪️To the northwest of Bakhmut, Wagner PMC assault units have fully liberated Dubovo-Vasylivka. Fighting is already taking place outside the settlement. Ukrainian formations conducted a number of unsuccessful counterattacks but made no progress.

▪️In Bakhmut itself, Wagner PMC fighters are engaged in fierce street battles advancing in the northern and southern parts of the city. Despite the withdrawal of some units, the Ukrainian command still maintains a steady defence preventing the front from collapsing.

▪️Ukrainian formations launched A HIMARS rocket attack on a trucking company in Volnovakha. As a result of the shelling, one person was killed, and buses operating on city and intercity routes were destroyed.

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