“According to preliminary information, no damage or casualties were reported on the territory of Kyiv,” the statement read.
The overnight air-raid alert lasted for 2 hours and 32 minutes.
The same night, Russian forces carried out massive drone attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, injuring three teenagers and setting fire to numerous civilian buildings. A high-rise apartment building was damaged. There are power outages in the Prymorsky, Peresypsky and Kyivsky districts of the city.
Russian forces have intensified their airstrikes on densely populated areas of the Ukrainian cities in recent days. On March 20, nearly 200 drones were launched against civilian, residential and critical infrastructure across Ukraine.
On March 18, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported about a significant discrepancy in the U.S. and Russian statements on a temporary Ukrainian-Russian long-range energy infrastructure strikes moratorium agreed by President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin during their phone call.
The Kremlin claimed that Putin accepted Trump's proposal for a mutual refusal to attack energy infrastructure for 30 days, while the White House press release referred to a broader energy and infrastructure ceasefire. As the exact contours of the moratorium remain unclear, the conflicting statements raise questions about what targets the 30-day moratorium is intended to prohibit.