Russian Federation Attacks Kropivnitsky With Drones: Town On Fire, Residential Buildings Bombed
6- 20.03.2025, 8:20
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More than 30 explosions were heard.
On the night of 20 March, the Russian occupation troops massively attacked Kropivnitsky with drones. This was reported by the chairman of Kirovograd regional military administration Andriy Raikovich.
‘The enemy is attacking residential neighbourhoods of the town. Novomykolaivka, Balashivka are under attack,’ wrote Raikovich.
He asked residents of the town not to panic and stay in safe places.
A correspondent of ‘Focus’ reported that the explosions in Kropivnitsky were heard one after another. People were afraid to leave their homes. According to various estimates, more than 30 explosions were heard in the town.
At the same time, local telegram channels are publishing videos of the aftermath of the Russian attack.
‘There are many fires of civilian infrastructure in the town,’ the messages of local publics say.




‘Ukrzaliznytsia’ changed the movement of trains because of shelling Kropivnitsky.
‘As a result of evening shelling of Kirovograd region, there is damage to infrastructure,’ reported ‘Ukrzaliznytsia’.
For safety reasons, the carrier has changed the route for a number of trains:
No. 53 Dnipro - Odesa;
No. 92/60 Odesa - Kharkiv/Kramatorsk;
No. 7 Kharkiv - Odesa;
No. 128 Lviv - Zaporizhzhia;
No52 Odesa - Zaporizhzhia.
‘Moving along the bypass route will result in a delay of at least 3 hours, for which we apologise in advance. At the same time, we will not cancel any long-distance flights, and we will use morning commuter trains and additional shuttles to reach the stations in Kirovograd region, which our trains will have to bypass,’ the company said.
They also reported that the flight №790 Kropivnitsky-Kyiv will depart for safety reasons only after inspection and analysis of damage to the infrastructure.
‘We will inform additionally about the exact time of departure, forecast terms of restoration work and routes of morning trains,’ noted ‘Ukrzaliznytsia’.