Russia increases aircraft activity due to Kalibr shortage following Dzhankoi explosions

This was reported by the spokesman for the Odesa Regional Military Administration Serhiy Bratchuk on Radio Liberty.

"Enemy aircraft may be active, the Black Sea Fleet may regroup in the sea, they may withdraw or launch missile carriers. The likelihood of a new attack is quite high, although they have problems with Kalibr missiles, especially after the Dzhankoi incident," he said.

Commenting on the Russian attack in the Odesa region, which resulted in a missile hitting a Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) monastery, Bratchuk said that it was preceded by Russian creating an "information alibi.”

"The day before, Russians began to create an information alibi through the so-called media. It was the information that indicated that the events in Dzhankoi were allegedly related to possible actions of the Ukrainian military from Odesa. This information alibi was created, and we took this risk into account," said the spokesman.

He reminded that 2 Russian missiles fired from a Su-35 fighter jet in the Black Sea on March 21 were shot down by Ukrainian air defense.

• On March 20, there were explosions in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Russian Kalibr cruise missiles were reportedly destroyed. 

• After the explosions in Dzhankoy, a state of emergency was introduced at the municipal level.

• Russian media reported that a depot and warehouses at the railway station were damaged as a result of the attack on Dzhankoy. 

• The AFU said that the explosions on the railway in the temporarily occupied city are a signal to the invaders that it is time to leave. Later, the General Staff reported that the purpose of the strikes on the temporarily occupied Dzhankoy was to stop Russian logistical support in the temporarily occupied Melitopol and Kherson.