Rocket event in Donetsk Oblast, Avdiivka area, Ukraine on Fri 17th March 2023

10 settlements were under fire. The Russian army killed and injured civilians. Russian troops fired shells at the towns of Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Zalizne, Kostyantynivka, Chasiv Yar, Kurakhove, Velyka Novosilka, Hostrye, Pivdenne, and the village of Krasnohorivka. The occupants fired from aircraft, Grad and Uragan MLRS, artillery and tanks. Forty-six civilian objects were destroyed and damaged, including 37 residential buildings, a school, a penal colony building, outbuildings, and cars. All types of weapons were used by the Russian-backed militants to destroy Avdiivka. The city suffered 17 attacks. There was no information on casualties or damage. The enemy shelled Kostyantynivka with Uragan rocket launchers, hitting 24 private houses, an educational institution and vehicles. Civilians were wounded, including a foreign volunteer. Russians shelled Bakhmut with rocket artillery. The town withstood eight strikes, 5 apartment buildings and a car were damaged. There are injuries, including 2 police officers. As a result of hostile attacks, we have a dead man in Krasnohorivka and a killed and wounded in Zalizne. 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, 791 more people were evacuated, bringing the total to over 51,490 since the start of the mandatory evacuation, including 6,861 children and 2,446 people with disabilities.