March 2017

The situation is tense on the Gorlovka part of the contact line. The Ukrainian military is shelling the northern and western suburbs of the city with heavy artillery, banned by the Minsk Agreements. One house on Rybalko street in Zaytsevo was damaged by the direct struck of the shell.
Trench combat continues on the Donetsk part of the front, in the area of Avdeevka industrial zone, “Volvo-Center”, and in the suburbs of Trudovskiye. There is no information on victims and destruction.
The situation also remains tense in the south of DPR. The Ukrainian army is provoking combat in the area of Kominternovo.

The situation on Yasinovataya and Donetsk sectors of the front is escalating. Armed Forces of Ukrainian shelled Mineralnoye village, three houses were damaged. Yasinovataya came under a massive Ukrainian artillery shelling , two civilians died, several houses were damaged.
18 houses on Populyarnaya, Balakireva, Karnavalnaya, and Dzhamilya streets were fully destroyed or partially damaged as a result of night shelling of Petrovsky district of Donetsk. In addition, school #87 building on Revyakina street, as well as gas pipeline and power lines were damaged. One civilian woman was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds.
Ukrainian military shelled Dokuchaevsk south of Donetsk. One house was damaged.
Sakhanka village in Novoazovsky village of DPR came under Ukrainian artillery fire, two houses were damaged. Power and gas supply of the village was disrupted.

On the Gorlovka direction, the tense situation is observed in the area of Zaytsevo and Zhovanka. The Ukrainian military are provoking trench combat attacking the residential areas and DPR PM positions with artillery and small arms.
Power lines transmitting electric power to the Donetsk filtration plant were damaged as a result of the mortar shelling conducted by the Ukrainian army. The filtration plant was again left without electricity.
On the Donetsk direction, the Kievsky district of Donetsk came under Ukrainian army’s fire. 4 houses were damaged, one civilian, a woman, was killed. One house was damaged in the village of Trudovskiye west of the DPR capital. Moreover, the suburbs of Yasinovataya, the villages of Krutaya Balka, Yakovlevka, Spartak, and Mineralnoye were shelled. 2 houses were damaged in the village of Mineralnoye.