Missile event in Donetsk Oblast, Sjeverne area, Ukraine on Thu 16th March 2023

17 settlements were shelled. The police collected evidence of racist war crimes. The enemy fired on the cities of Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Kostiantynivka, Chasiv Yar, Velyka Novosilka, the villages of Halytsynivka, Vremivka, Karlivka, Novosamarske, Severne, Tonenke, Grigorivka, Novoukrainka, Orlivka, Zoryane, Komyshivka, and Georgiivka. Russian troops shelled civilians with aircraft, S-300, Grad, Uragan, Tornado-S, artillery, mortars and tanks. Forty-five civilian objects were destroyed and damaged, including 35 residential buildings, schools, a factory workshop, and cars. Russians bombed Avdiivka with aircraft, Grad rockets and artillery. A factory shop was damaged, there was no information on casualties. The occupants fired an S-300 missile at the village of Komyshivka. Novoukrainka was shelled with Uragan systems. An R-37 aircraft missile was fired at Novosamarske. "Grad rockets were fired at Chasovyi Yar. In all cases, private houses and apartment buildings were damaged. According to preliminary information, no people were injured. Russian troops shelled Kostyantynivka with Uragan and Tornado-S, hitting 3 apartment blocks, 20 private houses and cars. Civilians were injured. As a result of artillery attacks, we have a dead and a wounded person in Bakhmut. 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, 182 more people have been evacuated, bringing the total number of people evacuated since the start of the mandatory evacuation to over 50,700, including 6,811 children and 2,439 people with disabilities.