Russian forces damage 18 private houses, four apartment buildings in Kostiantynivka
Russian forces shelled the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region on March 13, damaging 18 private houses and four apartment buildings.
14 March 2023
Russian forces shelled the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region on March 13, damaging 18 private houses and four apartment buildings.
Russian forces launched 93 attacks on Kherson region on March 13.
The Russian army killed three civilians and injured 14 more in Donetsk region on March 13.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 160,540 Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to March 14, 2023, including 740 occupiers over the past day alone.
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has recorded 21,965 civilian casualties in the country: 8,231 killed and 13,734 injured.
Despite significant losses, the enemy continues offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka, and Shakhtarsk directions.
As many as 64% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine should try to retake all of its territory, including Crimea, even if there is a risk of less support from the West and a protracted war.
13 March 2023
The Ukrainian government has approved and submitted to the Verkhovna Rada the amendments to the state budget, with more than half a trillion hryvnias allocated for defense additionally. These funds will be used to provide financial support to the military, Ukraine’s defense sector, and to buy defense equipment, namely drones.
In a phone call, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin discussed “the path to Victory”.
Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers have completed a four-week training in Spain on how to operate the Leopard 2A4 battle tank. Six of such tanks are expected to be delivered to Ukraine by Madrid this spring.
Residential buildings were damaged and a woman was injured in the Russian shelling of Zaporizhzhia region.
In Bakhmut direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled Russian attacks in the areas of four settlements. Fighting in Bakhmut town is ongoing.
Today, March 13, the Russian invaders shelled the towns of Avdiivka and Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region with tube artillery and Uragan MLRS. As a result, one civilian was killed and five more were injured.
In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian border guards repelled another Russian assault and captured a mercenary from Russia’s Wagner Group.
Russian forces shelled an educational institution’s dormitory in Sumy region, killing a 52-year-old employee of the lyceum.
In Kharkiv region, two civilians were injured in Russian shelling of Kupiansk district.
Russian troops shelled a settlement in Dariivka community, Kherson region. A team of power engineers carrying out emergency repair work came under enemy fire.
In Kharkiv region, a resident of Snizhkivka village was injured after stepping on a land mine left by Russian invaders. He was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds.
Russian invaders have shelled a school in Avdiivka, killing a local resident.
The illegal deportation of Ukrainian children by Russia is a war crime, and all deported children must be returned home immediately.
The number of people who were injured in Russia's March 13 shelling of the Kutsurub territorial community in the Mykolaiv region has increased to four.
Russian troops have struck the village of Znob-Novhorodske in the Sumy region, killing one civilian and injuring four others.
Major General Viktor Nikoliuk has been appointed commander of training at the Command of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, and Brigadier General Dmytro Krasylnykov has become commander of Ukraine's North Operational Command.
Ukraine became the world's third largest arms importer in 2022 following the Russian invasion of the country in February 2022.
Ukrainian serviceman Oleksandr Matsiievskyi, executed by Russian troops, was a citizen of Moldova who defended Ukraine.
Russian invaders shelled Donetsk region’s Avdiivka three times with artillery on Monday morning, as well as launched an airstrike on the territory of Avdiivka Coke Chemical Plant.
About half of the prisoners, whom Russia’s Wagner Group has already deployed in Ukraine, have likely been killed or wounded.
Russian troops attacked Kherson region 56 times over the past day, firing more than 330 projectiles.
Commander of Ukraine’s Ground Forces, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi has said that the situation around Bakhmut, Donetsk region, remains difficult - the assault units of Russia's Wagner Group are advancing from several directions, trying to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Two civilians were killed and three more, including a seven-year-old child, were injured as Russian forces shelled Kutsurub community, Mykolaiv region, on the morning of March 13.