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Combat Operations

• Russia Mounts Largest Airstrike of War on Ukrainian Energy Infrastructure VOA 22 Mar 2024 -- Russia on Friday mounted its largest airstrike on Ukrainian energy infrastructure of the entire war, hitting a dam and a gas company, killing at least five people, and leaving more than 1 million people without electricity, authorities in Kyiv said.
• Ukraine Hit By Widespread Blackouts After Massive Russian Assault RFE/RL 22 Mar 2024 -- Many parts of Ukraine were experiencing blackouts after a massive wave of Russian strikes on March 22 targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, killing at least four people, hitting the country's largest dam, and temporarily severing a power line at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant.
• Ukraine's Energy System Subjected to Largest Attack of All Time - Ukrenergo Head Sputnik 22 Mar 2024 -- Ukraine's energy system was subjected to the largest attack of all time with group strikes hitting the country's thermal and hydroelectric power plants, Ukrainian power grid operator Ukrenergo head Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said on Friday.

Ukraine

• Russian terror is only possible now because we lack enough air defense systems, because our partners lack the political will to provide them - address by the President President of Ukraine 22 Mar 2024
• Yulia Sokolovska, Olha Budnyk discussed with the British Council leadership the continuation of cooperation, new projects with the President of Ukraine's Fund President of Ukraine 22 Mar 2024
• Andriy Yermak met with Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs Mika Aaltola President of Ukraine 22 Mar 2024
• Head of State met with Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Defense of Denmark President of Ukraine 22 Mar 2024
• President of Ukraine met with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and the President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe President of Ukraine 22 Mar 2024

Russia

• Kremlin Uses Word 'War' For Ukraine Invasion RFE/RL 22 Mar 2024 -- Russia is now at "war" with Ukraine because of Western interference in what Moscow previously called a "special military operation," Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told the Argumenty i Fakty media outlet, which is owned by the Moscow municipal government.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 22 Mar 2024 -- At around 07:30 Moscow time, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled attempts by the Kiev regime to launch terrorist attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation using RM-70 Vampire MLRS projectiles.
• Russia Conducts 49 Strikes Across Ukraine, Deploys Kinzhal in Retaliation for Shelling: MoD Sputnik 22 Mar 2024 -- The retaliatory attacks disrupted the operation of industrial enterprises producing and repairing weapons, military equipment, and ammunition in Kiev and other regions, according to Russia's military.
• Ukraine 'Lacks Capacity, Personnel & Resources' to Build Own HIMARS Sputnik 22 Mar 2024 -- As NATO countries have hesitated to further boost assistance to Kiev, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blasted his Western partners for the "unacceptable" holdup in the delivery of new arms assistance. Meanwhile, reports have indicated that Ukraine is hoping to ramp up military production on its own soil.

United States

• Ukraine Now Has to Make Decisions to Leave Some Areas to Fortify Defensive Lines - Pentagon Sputnik 22 Mar 2024 -- Ukraine is currently having to make strategic decisions about pulling out of some areas in order to strengthen their defensive lines in the conflict with Russia, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said on Thursday.

NATO

United Nations

• Update 217 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 22 Mar 2024 -- Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost the connection to its last remaining main power line for almost five hours today amid reports of widespread military action in Ukraine, once again highlighting ever-present dangers to nuclear safety and security during the conflict, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.
• 'Scale, Scope of Devastation in Ukraine Appalling', High Representative Tells Security Council, Calling Invasion in Full Violation of Charter UN Security Council 22 Mar 2024 -- The spread and proliferation of weapons — including in the Ukraine conflict — always spurs the danger of escalation, briefers warned the Security Council today, while its members sparred over the transparency and source of the threat of arms transfers in that ongoing regional crisis.
• UN officials outraged at Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy plants UN News 22 Mar 2024 -- Top UN officials and agencies on the ground in Ukraine on Friday condemned overnight large-scale coordinated Russian strikes on energy plants across the country that killed at least five people and left 1.5 million without electricity.
• Strikes on critical infrastructure disrupt access to electricity and water: Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown strongly condemns attacks impacting critical infrastructure across Ukraine UNOCHA 22 Mar 2024

Foreign Reactions

• EU Eyes Frozen Russian Assets For Rearming Ukraine RFE/RL 22 Mar 2024 -- The European Union is inching closer to a historic decision to use windfall profits accumulated by frozen assets in the bloc belonging to the Russian Central Bank and sending them to Ukraine.
• Latvia supports Czech ammunition initiative for artillery shells to Ukraine Latvia MOD 22 Mar 2024 -- On Tuesday, March 19, at the meeting of the Ukrainian Defence Contact Group in Ramstein, Germany, the Defence Ministries of Latvia and the Czech Republic signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of military-technical assistance to Ukraine, which provides for the purchase of large-caliber ammunition for Ukraine's needs.
• Drone jamming equipment handed over to Ukraine Lithuania MND 22 Mar 2024 -- Lithuania continues rendering incessant military assistance to Ukraine: on March 22 Ukraine received Lithuania's donation of drone jamming equipment.
• In Brussels, the President urged EU leaders to start EU accession negotiations with Ukraine as soon as possible President of the Republic of Lithuania 22 Mar 2024 -- At the European Council meeting in Brussels, President Gitanas Nausėda called on EU leaders to step up military support for Ukraine and to accelerate its integration into the EU. The meeting was also attended remotely by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
• First Ukrainian pilots graduate from RAF flight training UK MOD 22 Mar 2024 -- The first Ukrainian pilots to have undergone intensive training under the guidance of Royal Air Force instructors have graduated from flight school.
• China maintains communication on possible peace talk in Switzerland on Ukraine crisis: Chinese diplomat Global Times 22 Mar 2024 -- China's Special Representative on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui who just concluded the second round of shuttle mediation between Russia, Ukraine and other European countries delivered a briefing in Beijing on Friday, saying that China has communicated with Switzerland on a potential peace talk conference, and that any peace talks should be recognized by both Ukraine and Russia.

News Reports

• Ukraine Denies Role In Deadly Attack On Russian Concert Venue RFE/RL 22 Mar 2024 -- A senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said late on March 22 that Kyiv was not involved in the attack on a Moscow-area concert hall the same evening that left dozens dead and many more injured after gunmen stormed in and fired at concertgoers.