The situation in the regions at 8 am on March 17

Kyiv region

Constant alarms due to the threat of airstrikes. Fighting continues in the Bucha district – Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel, Makariv. Artillery shelling. In the Brovary district – missile strikes on settlements of the Kalynivka territorial community. The number of victims is being clarified.

Chernihiv region

Several air alarms per night. The enemy has been systematically shelling Chernihiv since evening and all night. Information on the number of victims and injured is being clarified.

Sumy region

Enemy artillery worked in the Sumy district for several hours. There was also an air alarm. There are no data on the victims at the moment.

Kharkiv region

Chaotic shelling of Kharkiv lasted all night, there are hits in houses, schools, warehouses. The number of victims is still being determined, rescuers are working. Fighting continues in the region in Izium and Chuhuiv direction.

The occupier fired at the town of Merefa in the Kharkiv district at night: destroyed a school and a house of culture and damaged residential buildings. There are victims, rescuers are now working on the spot.

Rivne region

The night in Rivne region was peaceful. An air raid was announced three times.

The night before, a missile was fired at a military facility in the northern city of Sarny (90 km from Rivne). There are no casualties.

Luhansk region

Severodonetsk and Rubizhne are under constant fire. In Severodonetsk there is a hit in telecommunication company Ukrtelecom. There are at least 27 residential fires in Rubizhne. Information on the number of victims and injured is being clarified.

Donetsk region

Avdiivka was chaotically fired upon by artillery during the night. In the morning, an airstrike was carried out, after which BM-21 “Grad” was launched, which is still striking. There is currently no information about the victims due to constant shelling.

Marinka and Krasnohorivka were shelled. The building of the Marinka Military Administration was destroyed.

Mariupol was hit again by airstrikes. People are escaping from the city in their own vehicles. The risk of death remains high as Russians fire on columns of civilians.

Mykolaiv region

The night was not calm. Fighting with the occupiers continued in the central part of the region.

Kherson region

Strong explosions continue in the region. The occupiers’ BM-21 “Grad” worked. The region is completely occupied by Russian troops, resulting in power outages, interruptions in water and gas supply in almost every one of the 49 territorial communities.

By the evening of March 16, 64 settlements were without electricity. Due to the lack of food, medicine, and the terror of civilians, the situation in the region is critical.

Regions where the night was relatively calm (with air alarms only): Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Volyn, Odesa, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhya, Zakarpattia, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil, Cherkasy, Lviv, Poltava, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk.

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