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From the Perspective of the Breakaway Republics: Military summary of the LDNR. The situation on the line of contact on March 21 (updated)
2022-03-22
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:15 Ukrainian militants launched two more Tochka-Us across the DPR, they were intercepted over Makiivka

“Air defense systems intercepted two Tochka-U missiles over Makiivka. It is noted that fragments of Ukrainian missiles scattered over the village of Proletarsky and behind the Zeleny microdistrict in Makeyevka," the Headquarters of Territorial Defense reported.

19:15 Information was received from the Ministry of Coal and Energy of the DPR through the operational line of the DPR JCCC that 271 substations were de-energized as a result of shelling from the VFU. 30,000 subscribers of the Petrovsky Eastern Distribution Zone, Kirovsky Distribution Zone, Kuibyshevskiy Distribution Zone without power supply. The list of infrastructure facilities of the Republic affected by the armed aggression by the AFU, see the website of the Representative Office.

Information about the consequences of the shelling continues to arrive.

18:28 DPR headquarters: 243 people were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoye, including 37 children.

18:07 Kulemzin clarified that according to the data, as a result of the shelling of the Kuibyshev region, a 32-year-old woman received a mine-explosive injury, multiple shrapnel wounds. The victim was hospitalized in the surgery of the city hospital No. 16. Also, a 56-year-old man was killed as a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district.

17:56 In the village of Petrovskoyedestroyedresidential buildings ‼️As a result of the terrorist shelling by the VFU of the village of Petrovsky Machine-Building Plant, serious damage was recorded to the houses of civilians.

17:20 Today we recorded the shelling of the transport of people who are trying to leave Mariupol - Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin on Channel One.

17:11 Updated information was received from the operational-observation group of the DPR JCCC about the wounding of a civilian born in 1988. on st. Kuibyshev, 223/225. The victim was taken to City Hospital No. 16, where she is receiving the necessary medical care. Damage information has also been updated:

microdistrict "Magistralny", st. Kuibysheva, d. 223/225:
- multi-apartment housing stock;
- CI "City Dental Clinic No. 1 of Donetsk" - the glazing is damaged;
— car Lanos.

village "Northern":
- st. Rybalko, 9.

17:00 VFU shelled the settlement Avdievka - Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky district): three mines with a caliber of 120mm were fired. As a result of the shelling, the glazing of the house on the street was damaged. Kuibyshev, 223. According to preliminary information, there are victims.

16:52 Disguised Armed Forces officers are caught in Volnovakha: DPR fighter with the call sign "Iron" in an interview with a military commander@wargonzoDmitry Seleznev (Old Miner) told in detail how the process of identifying and detaining disguised Ukrainian soldiers who did not have time to escape from the city is going on.

We are not barbarians like they are. Let them surrender their weapons, and everything will happen within the framework of politeness. No one will beat anyone, - promises "Iron" to the remaining members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city.

15:45 There are already 98 settlements under our control, including Ugledar - Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin on Channel One.

15:36 As a result of the morning shelling of N. p. Donetsk damaged 5 residential buildings, a store and a utility company - the representative office of the LPR in the JCCC and in the negotiation process.

14:37 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction - n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): Seven shells of 122mm caliber were fired. N.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Yelenovka: 20 missiles fired from the BM-21 Grad.

14:33 Because of the shelling of the VFU in Donetsk, the mine named after. Chelyuskintsev, there are 78 people underground.

13:48 According to the latest data from the DPR representative office in the JCCC, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 33 shells of 122mm caliber, 13 shells of 152mm caliber and 55 rockets from the BM-21 Grad.

13:40 In social networks they write that in Mariupol they closed their eyes to the deputy. battalion commander of the 1st battalion of the neo-Nazi regiment "Azov", a certain Dudnikov, nicknamed "Phantom".

13:30 As a result of massive shelling by Ukrainian militants, the glazing of the Petrovsky district administration building was damaged. Nearby houses were also damaged.

13:10 The head of Donetsk, Kulemzin, said that the VFU again opened fire on the Petrovsky district of the city. As a result of the hit of Ukrainian shells in the village of Aleksandrovka, damage to the houses of civilians was recorded:

- st. Lenina, 54: the house is on fire;
- st. Shkolnaya, 30: the corner of the house was damaged, the glazing, the doors, the roof was slashed with shrapnel;
- st. Shkolnaya, 28: glazing, roof damaged;
- st. Shkolnaya, 403: a direct hit on the roof of the house, windows and doors were damaged, the car burned down.

Residents of Donetsk report that strikes are now underway on the Petrovsky district, adjacent to Oleksandrivka

12:48 Servicemen of the press service of the NM LPR and officers of the Representative Office of the LPR in the JCCC evacuated 135 residents of Rubizhne.

12:42 A few thousand more representatives of the national battalions remain in Mariupol, their main fortification is Azovstal. It's hard to say how many of them are still there. According to Ukrainian sources, up to 14,500 people ended up in the Mariupol pocket. Some of them have already been killed, wounded, taken prisoner or were able to seep into the Zaporozhye region, when the cauldron was not yet dense - Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin on the air of "60 minutes".

11:59 Ukronazishitfrom the MLRS in the southern quarters of the settlement. Rubizhne, liberated by the troops of the NM LPR, from Lisichansk.

11:50 Almost all employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the liberated territories of the DPR decided to continue working under the control of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic.

11:47 Social networks: Due to damage to high-voltage power lines in combat zones, 179 transformer substations have been de-energized throughout the city. As a result, more than 23,000 subscribers of the Kiev, Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of the city are without electricity.

11:40 Regarding Mariupol. full-fledged humanitarian corridors of course they won't work. People will go out en masse where the Russian military and the military of the DPR can provide it. The proposal of the option with "brown buses" and the surrender of weapons was rejected, so that the further development of the assault on the city will continue. The task of the Nazis, according to Zelensky's gang, is to die in Mariupol, after killing as many civilians as possible and causing the largest possible destruction.

11:37 DPR forces are developing an offensive in the direction of Novomikhailovka, up to 50 militants, three tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, two artillery pieces were destroyed there overnight. The defeat of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is being completed.

11:35 As of March 21, 2022, the DPR group of troops liberated 98 settlements on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic. The Yuzhnodonbasskaya railway station was taken under control, the settlement of Sladkoe was blocked.

11:30 In Gorlovka, over 3,200 subscribers were left without power supply - the headquarters of the defense. As a result of the shelling of the VFU, 25 transformer substations, four boiler houses, two pumping stations, two kindergartens, one school and 3,272 subscribers were de-energized. Repair and restoration work will begin as soon as the situation permits.

11:10 “Units of the DPR troops continue to develop the offensive in the direction of Avdievka, Maryinka and Pesok. However, the enemy has serious fortifications there. But, nevertheless, our units are advancing, ”DPR Head Denis Pushilin on the air of Russia 24 TV channel.

11:01 Petrovsky district of Donetsk gets a lot from the APU (Nazis). They hit residential buildings with rocket artillery and artillery. While units of the NM DNR are working on the front line, shells are thrown behind their backs. Fascist tactics in World War II.

10:50 Denis Pushilin: communications and electricity are already being restored in the suburbs of Mariupol.

“So far, unfortunately, we have to intercept generators. As Mariupol is liberated, everything will proceed according to the plans that we have. They have already been developed. Everything will be restored,” the head of the DPR said on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.

10:24 More than 450 people were evacuated from Mariupol to the Novoazovsky district of the DPR over the past day.

“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 Bezymennoe, Novoazovsky district,” the Territorial Defense Headquarters said in a statement.

10:22 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): Seven shells of 152mm caliber, 10 shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

9:43 Two civilians were killed, 28 people, including two correspondents from China, were injured in the DPR during the day due to shelling, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported.

9:20 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 40 missiles were fired from the BM-21 "Grad"; n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): Eight shells of 122mm caliber were fired. n.p. Troitskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: 10 shells of 122mm caliber were fired. - JCCC DPR.

08.55 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, Two artillery attacks of the territory of the LPR was recorded: n.p. Novotoshkovskoye - Golubovskoye: 122mm artillery gun (six rounds). n.p. Novotoshkovskoe - Donetsk: artillery gun 122mm (seven rounds) - STsKK.

08:47 Ukrofashists fired at the settlement Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 15 missiles were fired from the BM-21 "Grad" - JCCC.

08:22 VFU n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Donetsk (Petrovsky district): Eight shells of 122mm caliber were fired. — SCCC.

00:10 JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the direction: n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 20 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad.

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