Early Thursday morning, rockets hit energy infrastructure and damaged residential buildings in the Odesa region, according to Governor Maksym Marchchenko. – Fortunately, there were no injuries. The power supply is currently reduced. Our air defense systems shot down some of the rockets, Martchenko says on the Telegram platform. He added that another rune of rockets could be coming, and asked the city’s residents to stay safe. Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, has reportedly been hit by 15 Russian rocket attacks during the night, according to the city’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov. – The attacks were aimed at the city’s electricity supply and other critical infrastructure, which has led to parts of the city being without electricity, writes governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Synjehubov on Telegram. – There is a risk of repeated attacks, stay in shelters, writes Synjehubov. A loud explosion is said to have also been heard in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early Thursday morning, writes the online newspaper The Kyiv Independent. The information has not been confirmed by independent sources. Aircraft alert in several regions In addition, there are reports of explosions in the cities of Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, southern Mykolajiv region, Poltava, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil region, according to the online newspaper The Kyiv Independent. The flight alert went off in thirteen regions of Ukraine on the night of Thursday, and people were urged to get to safety, Ukraine Now reported on the Telegram platform. A Ukrainian soldier targets Russian forces with a 105 mm howitzer near the city of Bakhmut, March 8, 2023 Photo: ARIS MESSINIS / AFP Will not meet Putin Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cannot imagine a situation in which he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. – There is no reason to talk to the Russian president, because he does not keep his word, Zelenskyj told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer when he was asked what it would take to bring about such a meeting. – We have no confidence in him, Zelenskyy added. – Russia should get out of our territory. After that, we can use diplomatic tools, he says to CNN.
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