Regions: Ukraine's hotspots hit by artillery and air strikes overnight
OLENA ROSHCHINA - THURSDAY, 17 MARCH 2022, 09:44
Russian forces fired artillery and missile strikes near Kyiv overnight on 17 March, chaotic shelling continued in Kharkiv, the invader's artillery was in Chernihiv and near Sumy, the Kherson region was hit with Grads, Mariupol was attacked by air strikes and there was fighting in the Mykolayiv region.
Source: data from the heads of military administrations on the situation in Ukraine's regions as of 08:00 on Thursday 17 March
Details:
Kyiv region. Constant sirens, threats of airstrikes. Bucha district - Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel, Makarov - fighting, artillery shelling. In Brovary district - missile strikes on settlements in the Kalynivka territorial community. The number of casualties and injured is being confirmed.
Chernihiv region. Several air raids overnight. Also, the invading forces have been methodically shelling Chernihiv with artillery since yesterday evening and throughout the night. The number of casualties is being confirmed.
Sumy Region. The invader's artillery was operating for several hours in the Sumy region. There was also an air raid. No casualty data is available.
Kharkiv region: Kharkiv: chaotic shelling continued throughout the night, hitting residential buildings, schools, warehouses, the number of casualties is still being established, emergency services are working on the scene. In the region, fighting continues on the Izyum and Chuguev front.
The invaders shelled the town of Merefa in the Kharkiv region overnight, destroying a school and a cultural centre, as well as damaging houses. There are casualties, and emergency workers are working at the scene.
Luhansk region. Severodonetsk and Rubizhne are on fire. Ukrtelecom, the Ukrainian telecommunications company in Severodonetsk, has been hit. There are at least 27 residential buildings on fire in Rubizhne. Information on the number of casualties and victims is being confirmed.
Donetsk region. Avdiivka: chaotic shelling all night, then an air strike in the morning, followed by Grad rockets, which are still being fired. There is no information yet on the consequences or casualties: the shelling continues.
In Marinka and Krasnogorovka, there is shelling in the city. The Mariinskiy Military Administration building has been destroyed.
Mariupol: air strikes once again. People are fleeing Mariupol on their own in their own vehicles. The risk of death remains high as the Russians shell convoys of civilians.
Kherson region. Heavy explosions and the firing of Grad rockets (in volleys) continue in the Kherson region.
The region is fully occupied by Russian troops, which is causing power, water and gas supply disruptions in almost every one of the 49 territorial communities. As of the evening of 16 March, 64 settlements were without power. Due to the lack of food and medicine, and the terrorisation of civilians by the Russians, the situation in the region is critical.
Mykolayiv region. The night was turbulent, with fighting with invaders in the central part of the region.
Odesa. The night was relatively calm. The situation is under control.
Rivne region. The Rivne region was calm overnight. An air raid siren sounded three times.
The previous evening, a missile strike was launched against a military facility in the town of Sarny in the north of the region (90 km from Rivne). There were no casualties or fatalities.
Dnipropetrovsk region. One air-raid threat at night. It is quiet in general.
In Volyn, Zhytomyr, Vinnitsa, Zakarpattya, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, the Khmelnytskyi region, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Cherkasy, Poltava, Kirovohrad and Zaporizhia regions, the night was calm despite the air-raid sirens.
