14:37 The Ukrainian Forces recorded shelling from the direction between Krasnohorivka and Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 7 shells with a calibre of 122 mm were fired. Novokhailovka – Novokhailovka – Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 7 shells of 122 mm calibre fired. Novomikhailovka – Yelenivka: 20 rockets from BM-21 “Grad” were fired.
14:33 Chelyuskintsev mine in Donetsk is de-energized due to shelling by the AFU, 78 people are underground.
13:48 According to the latest data from the DNR representation to the JCCC, the Ukrainian armed forces fired 33 shells of 122 mm caliber, 13 shells of 152 mm caliber and 55 rockets from BM-21 “Grad”.
13:40 Social media reports that the deputy commander of the 1st battalion of the Azov neo-Nazi regiment, a certain Dudnikov, nicknamed “Phantom”, was nailed in Mariupol.
13:30 As a result of massive shelling by Ukrainian militants, the glazing of the Petrovsky district administration building was damaged. Nearby residential buildings were also damaged.
As a result of massive shelling by Ukrainian militants, the glazing of the Petrovsky district administration building was damaged. Nearby residential buildings were also damaged.
13:10 Head of Donetsk Kulemzin reported that the AFU again opened fire on the city’s Petrovsky district. As a result of Ukrainian shells hitting the township of Oleksandrivka, damage to civilians’ houses was recorded:
– Lenina Street, 54: a house is on fire;
– 30 Shkolnaya Street: the corner of the house was damaged, as well as the glazing and doors, and the roof was cut by shrapnel;
– 28, Shkolnaya Street: glazing and roof damaged;
– 403 Shkolnaya Street: a direct hit to the roof of a house, windows and doors were damaged, and a car was burnt down.
Donetsk residents report that there are now strikes in the Petrovsky district adjacent to Oleksandrivka
12:48 LPR press service servicemen and officers of the LPR Mission to the JCCC evacuated 135 residents of Rubizhne.
12:42 Several thousand more representatives of the National Front remain in Mariupol, with Azovstal as their main stronghold. It is difficult to say how many more remain there. According to Ukrainian sources, up to 14,500 people are in the Mariupol cauldron. Some of them have already been killed, wounded, captured or managed to infiltrate into Zaporizhzhia region when the cauldron was not yet dense – DPR head Denis Pushilin on the air of “60 Minutes”.
11:59 Ukronazis hit southern neighbourhoods of Rubizhne, liberated by LNR troops, from the direction of Lisichansk.
11:50 Almost all staff of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service in the liberated territories of the DNR have decided to continue working under the Republic’s EMERCOM.
11:47 Social media: Due to damage to high-voltage power lines in the war zones, 179 transformer substations have been de-energized across the city. As a result, more than 23,000 subscribers of the city’s Kiev, Kirov, Kuibyshev and Petrovsk districts are without electricity.
11:40 Regarding Mariupol. Full-fledged humanitarian corridors will of course not work there. People will leave en masse where the Russian and DPR militaries can ensure this. The suggestion of an option with “brown buses” and the surrender of weapons was rejected, so the further development of the assault on the city will continue. The Nazis’ task, according to Zelensky’s gang, is to die in Mariupol by first killing as many civilians as possible and causing as much destruction as possible.
11:37 DPR forces develop an offensive in the direction of Novomikhailovka, up to 50 militants, 3 tanks, 4 BMPs, 2 artillery guns were destroyed there overnight. The defeat of the 53rd mechanized brigade of the AFU is coming to an end – Russian Ministry of Defence.
11:35 As of 21 March 2022, a grouping of DNR troops on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic has liberated 98 settlements. The Yuzhnodonbasskaya railway station has been taken under control and the village of Sladkoye blocked.
11:30 More than 3,200 households were left without power supply in Horlivka – Tetro Defense Headquarters As a result of the shelling of the AFU, 25 TPs, 4 boiler houses, 2 pumping stations, 2 kindergartens, 1 school and 3,272 subscribers were de-energized. Repair and restoration work will begin as soon as the situation allows.
11:10 “The units of the DPR troops continue to develop the offensive in the direction of Avdeevka, Marinka and Peski. However, the enemy has serious fortifications there. But, nevertheless, our units are advancing”, – DPR head Denis Pushilin on Russia 24 TV channel.
11:01 The Petrovsky district of Donetsk is being hit hard by the AFU. They are hitting residential buildings with grenades, artillery. While DPR units are working on the front line, shells are being thrown behind their backs. Nazi tactics from World War II.
10:50 Denis Pushylin: communication and electricity are already being restored in Mariupol suburbs.
“For now, unfortunately, we have to intercept generators. As Mariupol is liberated, everything will happen based on the plans we have. They have already been drawn up. Everything will be restored,” the DPR head said on the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
10:24 More than 450 people have been evacuated from Mariupol to the Novoazovsky district of the DNR over the past 24 hours.
“Over the past 24 hours, from 08:00 on March 20 to 08:00 on March 21, 466 people, including 89 children, were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymnoye, Novoazovsky district”, – the Territorial Defense Headquarters said in a statement.
10:22 Shelling was recorded from the direction of Krasnogorovka – Donetsk (Petrovsky district) by the AFU: 7 shells of 152 mm calibre, 10 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.
9:43 Two civilians killed, 28 people, including two PRC correspondents, injured in the DNR overnight due to shelling, the DNR representation to the JCCC reported.
9:20 The shelling was recorded from the AFU in the direction of Novomikhailovka – Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 40 rockets from BM-21 “Grad” were fired; Krasnogorovka – Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 8 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired. Troitske – Panteleimonovka: 10 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired. – JCCC DPR.
08.55 Ukrainian armed formations recorded 2 shelling of LNR territory: Novotoshkovskoye-Golubovskoye: 122mm artillery (6 shells). Novotoshkovskoye-Donetskiy: 122mm artillery (7 shells) – JCCC.
08:47 Ukrofascists shelled Novomikhailovka-Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 15 BM-21 Grad rockets fired – JCCC.
08:22 Shelling VFU Novomikhailovka – Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 8 rounds of 122mm calibre shells fired – JCCC. – JCCC.
00:10 The JCCC recorded shelling from the direction of Novomikhailovka to Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 20 rockets from BM-21 Grad were fired.