Rocket event in Ukraine on Tue 14th March 2023

As a result of the enemy aggression, 14 settlements of the region were hit, civilians were killed and wounded. The enemy attacked the cities of Avdiivka, Kostyantynivka, Bakhmut, Kurakhove, Chasiv Yar, Toretsk, Velyka Novosilka, Kurakhivka, and the villages of Ivanopillya, Lastochkino, Nikiforivka, Severne, Maksymilianivka, and Novoukrainka. The occupiers fired from aircraft, rocket systems, Grad and Uragan MLRS, artillery, mortars, and tanks. They destroyed and damaged 60 civilian objects - 37 residential buildings, a school, a business, gas pipelines, an outbuilding, cars, buses, and a garage. The enemy attacked Avdiivka from the air. The city withstood 9 strikes, an apartment building and an educational institution were damaged, and there were one killed and one wounded. Russian troops shelled Kostyantynivka with "hurricanes", hitting 3 apartment buildings and 21 private houses, businesses, outbuildings, garages, vehicles, and gas pipelines. Civilians were killed and injured. Rashists continue to destroy Bakhmut with Grad rockets. Multifamily and private houses were damaged, and there are wounded. As a result of artillery attacks, we have injured people in Nikiforivka and Chasovyi Yar. The police and the Security Service of Ukraine opened criminal proceedings under Article 438 (violation of the laws and customs of war) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. With the help of the police, 162 more people have been evacuated, bringing the total number of people evacuated since the beginning of the mandatory evacuation to more than 50,360, including 6,727 children and 2,426 people with disabilities. Fenix Insight: Weapons stated to have been used: Grad (i.e. 122 mm artillery rockets); Uragan (i.e. 220 mm artillery rockets); artillery [i.e. 122, 152 or 203 mm tube artillery]; mortars [i.e. 82 or 120 mm mortar bombs]; and tank gun projectiles [i.e. 100 mm {also IFV}, 115, and 125 mm]. The inner warhead body of a 220 mm dispenser rocket (9M27K or 9M27K1) can be seen in three different images.