Two killed as Russia strikes Dnipropetrovsk Oblast more than 30 times in one day
Date:
22 March 2026
Two people were killed in Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on March 22, 2026, Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, said.
“Two people have been killed. The enemy has attacked the Oblast more than 30 times using drones and artillery,” he stated.
In the Nikopol District, Russian forces struck the city of Nikopol and the Pokrovske, Marhanets, and Chervonohryhorivka hromadas, damaging commercial properties and a house and setting a car ablaze. Both fatalities were recorded in this district.
In the Dnipro District, a car caught fire in the Novopokrovka “hromada,” a local government area that includes one or more nearby settlements.
In the Kryvyi Rih District, a house in the Zelenodolsk hromda was damaged. Infrastructure facilities were also hit in Kryvyi Rih city.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb has warned that the easing of U.S. sanctions on Russian oil will cause “significant harm.” In an interview with The Telegraph, Stubb emphasized that the decision severely undermines Ukraine by effectively “fueling the Russian war machine.”
Ukrainian experts point out that countries including China, North Korea, Hungary, Slovakia, Iran, and Brazil assist Moscow in killing Ukrainians in its war against Ukraine by funding the Russian budget through trade.
Earlier, Reuters reported that Indonesia is looking to purchase oil from Russia to meet its domestic supply needs. Country’s energy minister Bahlil Lahadalia said the move was considered after crude oil prices rose following the conflict in the Middle East and after the United States issued a 30-day waiver allowing countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil and petroleum products stranded at sea. Ukraine calls on countries not to trade with Russia, as its economy has the capabilities to kill Ukrainians in an unprovoked war.
Previously, the Ukrainian OSINT Varta team, in collaboration with the Lex Talionis project, published an interactive map containing data on more than 6,000 enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex and their 1.2 million employees. The interactive map provides descriptions of activities and specific developments for each enterprise, as well as a categorization system that allows filtering by type.
The Netherlands and key European powers are deliberately stalling the creation of a special tribunal to prosecute Russian leaders for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, despite repeated promises that it would be established by the end of 2025, European Pravda has found. The Hague has presented partners with an unrealistically high budget — including €70 million for a detention facility — while major European capitals use financial uncertainty as an excuse to leave the process in limbo.
Meanwhile, the Center for Strategic and International Studies found that in 2024 China increased sales of ammonium perchlorate — a key ingredient used to produce solid propellant for Iskander missiles. This assistance enabled Russia to triple its ballistic missile production, the report stated. Beijing’s support has bolstered Russia’s defense industrial base, enabling Russian forces to launch salvos of 13 to 18 Iskander-M ballistic missiles in 2026.
Overall imports from China have grown to represent one-third of Russia’s total imports, while Russian oil exports now account for 75% of all oil purchased by Beijing. Analysts specifically highlighted defense-related imports, which provided the Russian military-industrial complex with machine tools, components, and raw materials for weapons manufacturing.
Furthermore, Russia’s defense industry also received computer chips, machine tools, radars, and sensors from China, according to CSIS. These goods are part of a list of 50 items aiding weapons production, effectively compensating for Russia’s limited manufacturing capacity in its defense sector. Other areas of support include the supply of drone hulls, lithium batteries, and fiber-optic cables. CSIS reported that Russian imports from China rose from $190 billion in 2022 to $250 billion in 2024.
In 2024, then-U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that 70% of heavy industrial equipment and 90% of all microelectronics are sourced from China, which then flows into Russia.
Furthermore, according to recent NATO intelligence data, 80% of all Russian drones consist of Chinese parts.
According to The Telegraph newspaper, Chinese firms supplied sanctioned Russian companies with at least £47 million ($57.4 million USD) worth of parts between 2023 and 2024. Almost a quarter of the value of these supplies went to firms that produce Shahed-type drones.
Moreover, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine stated that China is also providing intelligence to Russia. The Kremlin used this data to prepare missile strikes, particularly against objects belonging to foreign investors, though the specific targets were not clarified. China denies these accusations.
Following the imposition of Western sanctions, Beijing has become a key supplier to Russia of cars, clothing, raw materials, and a range of other goods. In 2023, Russia-China trade turnover set a historic record, exceeding $240 billion, which is more than 60% higher than before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Chinese customs data.
Reuters also reported that China is buying oil and gas from Russia. The average daily volume of oil is more than two million barrels per day. During Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing, the countries signed a document for the supply of 106 billion cubic meters of gas per year to China.
Reuters also reported that tens of thousands of cars are being exported from China to Russia under gray-market schemes that often circumvent Western and Asian government sanctions and automakers’ commitments to exit the Russian market, according to registration data reviewed by Reuters and interviews with five people involved in the trade.
