During March 16th, the russian army killed one resident of the Donetsk oblast in Novoselivka Persha, and another four people in the oblast were injured. This was reported by the head of the Donetsk Oblast State Administration, Vadym Filashkin.
In the Volnovakha district, in Novoukrainka of the Vuhledar community, a non-residential building was damaged.
In the Ocheretyne community, one person was killed and another injured in Novoselivka Persha.
In the Marinka community, one person was injured in Krasnohorivka. In Selydove, one person was injured, and three administrative buildings and eight apartment buildings were damaged; in Tsukurine, three buildings of an agricultural enterprise were damaged. In the Kurakhove community, four houses were damaged in Kurakhivka. In Myrnohrad, one person was injured, and three administrative buildings, eight apartment buildings, and two shops were damaged. In Kalynove of the Novohrodivska community, two houses were damaged.
In the Lyman community, the school in Ternove was shelled again. The outskirts of Kostiantynivka community came under fire.
In Chasiv Yar community, five private houses and an industrial facility were damaged. In Toretsk, a house was damaged.
In total, during the day, the russians shelled populated areas of the Donetsk oblast 14 times. 872 people were evacuated from the front line, including 101 children.
As noted by the National Police of Ukraine, on the night of March 17th, the russians attacked Myrnohrad with three rockets. An 86-year-old woman was injured. At least eight apartment buildings, an educational institution, a communal enterprise, two shops, two trade pavilions, and three civilian vehicles were damaged.
In total, 22 civilian objects were damaged, including 15 residential buildings, a music school, a school, a dormitory, two administrative buildings, and a hangar for agricultural machinery. A KAB-500 aerial bomb hit Velyka Novoselivka, damaging an educational institution and a hangar.