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16 March 2024
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March 2024 in brief
Odesa was hit repeatedly: officials said a drone strike on an apartment building killed 12, including five children, and a repeat ballistic missile strike that hit rescuers killed 21 and injured at least 73, according to the Interior Ministry. [1][2] Russia launched its largest strike on Ukraine's energy system, which UN News said left more than 1.5 million people without power and killed at least five, hitting the Dnipro hydroelectric plant and cutting the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant's last main power line for about five hours, according to the IAEA. [1] A second mass strike a week later damaged three DTEK thermal power plants and power stations and homes in 10 regions, according to DTEK and the Interior Ministry, while WHO recorded attacks on health facilities in places including Kharkiv and Vovchansk. [1][2][3] Ukraine's military intelligence said naval drones sank the patrol ship Sergey Kotov in the Kerch Strait, and drone attacks set fires at Russian refineries in Oryol and Kstovo, with no official claim from Kyiv. [1][2] Russia held its presidential election, which returned Putin for a fifth term, in occupied areas of Ukraine as well, which the UN called unacceptable, while Russian armed groups fighting for Ukraine claimed raids into Kursk and Belgorod regions. [1][2] Gunmen killed at least 143 people at Crocus City Hall near Moscow, Russian authorities said; Islamic State claimed the attack, and Russia's Investigative Committee alleged the attackers were paid from Ukraine, which Kyiv and its allies rejected. [1] In Europe, the Leiden dataset recorded a foiled plot to kill Rheinmetall's chief executive and arson attacks on a Ukraine-linked business in London and near Madrid. [1][2][3]