Military report of the LPR. Situation on the line of contact on March 14 (updated)
17:25 The operation to unblock Mariupol has made it possible to open humanitarian corridors and start evacuating residents. 200 buses have been organized to evacuate Mariupol residents, the first 50 have already arrived in the city. Also, the first humanitarian cargo has already been delivered to Mariupol – the Russian Defence Ministry.
17:23 Almost all the firing points equipped by neo-Nazis in the suburbs of Mariupol have been destroyed – Russian Defence Ministry.
15:50 On 14 March, at around 11:30 Moscow time, a Tochka-U tactical missile was fired at a residential area in Donetsk from the territory controlled by the Kyivan nationalist regime. The shelling came from a northwestern direction, from the area of Krasnoarmiysk, which is controlled by Ukrainian nationalist units. As a result of the cluster bombing in the centre of Donetsk, 20 civilians were killed. Another 28 people, including children, were seriously injured and taken to medical facilities – Russian Defence Ministry.
15:45 No children among those killed in the missile strike in central Donetsk. The DNR Ministry of Health told TOK correspondent.
15:39 As a result of the shelling of Yasynuvata, Zorka residential area, a local resident born in 1949 was wounded. The man died of his wounds in hospital – Dmytro Shevchenko, head of the city.
15:21 “In the very near future, in a matter of days, the situation will change dramatically. We are speeding up” – The head of the DPR Denis Pushilin spoke on the air of the “60 Minutes” program about the forcing of the liberation operation.
15:16 The shelling from the direction: Marinka – Donetsk (Trudovskoy settlement): 3 shells of 122mm calibre were fired – JCCC.
15:02 Tomorrow, 15 March, is declared a day of mourning – Pushylin.
14:10 DPR Defence Headquarters: according to updated data, 17 dead and 28 wounded at the site of Tochka-U missile wreckage.
13:55 Only one Tochka-U missile charge cassette went off in central Donetsk. If all of them had gone off, the consequences would have been worse. At least 23 people were killed as a result of an AFU missile strike on Donetsk. 28 people wounded – Basurin.
13:50 The target from where the Ukrainian armed forces fired the Tochka-U today will be identified and destroyed. To date, DNR forces have already shot down more than 15 Tochka-U missiles – DPR head Pushilin.
13:47 The offensive operation will be continued and accelerated if possible – Pushilin said at the site of shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian Tochka-U
13:31 Number of casualties after Donetsk shelling rises to 23, among them a child – DPR Health Ministry.
12:41 In Melitopol continues the surrender of weapons uncontrolled distributed in Ukraine. “Today I surrendered a Kalashnikov assault rifle, which I received on mobilization. I also brought the submachine gun of my neighbour who was afraid to come”, – said a resident of Melitopol.
12:27 “If Tochka-U had reached its destination and worked, the impact radius would have been 500 m – there would have been nothing left alive at all” – Head of DNR on air 60 Minutes
12:15 DPR Defence Headquarters: according to preliminary data, there are 20 dead and 9 wounded at the site of Tochka-U missile debris falling in the centre of Donetsk. The information is being clarified.
11:52 A Tochka-U missile was shot down near the Government House in central Donetsk. At least 8 civilians killed in attack on central Donetsk.
11:42 AFU shelled central Donetsk, administrative buildings damaged.
11:36 Social media: Arrival at the centre of Donetsk. Details to be clarified
11:15 Nationalists continue to occupy hospitals in captured towns. According to the DPR Territorial Defense Headquarters in Dzerzhinsk, Ukrainian militants have occupied the 5th floor of the children’s department of the Central City Hospital. It is noted that ammunition was placed in the basement. Sick children continue to stay in the hospital, parents are trying to take them away.
11:05 AFU shelling of a kindergarten in Yasynuvata. According to the Territorial Defence Headquarters of the DPR, the building of Zhuravushka kindergarten No. 6 in Zorka residential area was damaged by the shelling of the AFU.
11:03 DPR fighters are fighting near Mariupol, where nationalist units are located. Earlier, locals said that the National Front was blocking a humanitarian corridor near the city, which had been set up by Russia.
11:00 The Russian Defence Ministry shows the transfer of trophy Ukrainian equipment and weapons to units of the LPR and DNR People’s Militia. Among others are US Javelin anti-tank grenade launchers and British NLAWs.
10:48 Smoke from the fire at the coke plant may cover several districts of Donetsk – Basurin.
10:23 Special forces from Chechnya entered Mariupol tonight. A total of 5,000 men arrived. Good help to the DNR forces. The Nazis have no chance of survival.
10:13 DPR troops liberated 90 settlements – Pushilin.
10:12 An offensive by allied Russian and DNR forces in the direction of Ugledar is developing. Scattered enemy forces have the option of retreating in the direction of Kurakhovo.
The fate of Ugledar will be decided within 24 hours. The key point will be cleared of Ukronazis.
10:11 The Zasyadko mine came under fire, the main ventilation fan was de-energized. There are currently 83 hot workers underground.
10:10 Ukrainian military is blocking and intercepting humanitarian cargoes for the population – Pushilin.
09:55 As a result of the morning shelling by Ukrainian militants of the Trudovskaya mine settlement, the glazing of school No. 103 and Donetsk professional mining lyceum No. 93 was damaged – Kulemzin, head of Donetsk.
09:51 LPR troops, having previously blockaded Severodonetsk from the eastern and southern directions, are fighting against nationalists on the northeastern outskirts of the city, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
09:50 Units of the Russian Armed Forces, continuing their offensive, have reached the line of Vodyanoye, Sladkoye, Stepnoye, Taramchuk and Slavnoye. Advance during the day amounted to 11 kilometres – Russian Ministry of Defence.
09:43 Wargonzo war correspondent reports that Russian air force is working on Avdeevka. Avdiivka is a town to the north of Donetsk, from where Donetsk is under constant artillery fire.
9:12 86 people have been evacuated from Mariupol and its suburbs. According to the Territorial Defence Headquarters of the DPR, 86 people, including 15 children, were evacuated from Mariupol and settlements in its suburbs to Bezymennoye, Novoazovsk district, over the past 24 hours, from 08:00 on 13 March to 08:00 on 14 March. A total of 922 people were evacuated to Bezymennoye between 5 March and 08:00 March 14.
9:10 JCCC: shelling from the direction of Marinka to Donetsk (Petrovsky district) by the AFU was recorded: 6 mines of 120 mm calibre were fired.
8:53 DPR: It is now impossible to extinguish the fire at Avdiivka Coke Plant, which started as a result of sabotage by Ukrainian militants. Emergency services’ access to the plant is blocked by Right Sector units and the 25th Airborne Brigade of the AFU.
8:51 The Gorlovka-Yasynuvata-Makeyevka highway is blocked, Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko said.
08:40 JCCC recorded shelling from the direction: Marinka – Donetsk (Trudivske village): 5 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.
At 08:30, the SMM shelled Novoselovka II – Panteleymonovka: 10 shells with a calibre of 122 mm were fired. – JCCC.
08:23 The JCCC reported shelling from Avdeevka to Mineralnoe: 10 shells of 122mm calibre fired; Avdeevka to Yasinovataya: 15 shells of 122mm calibre fired.
07:00 Ukrainian armed formations recorded 4 shelling in 4 settlements of LNR: n.m. Irmino received damage to polyclinic No. 3 “Stakhanov central city multi-profile hospital” at Profsoyuznaya street 1. n.m. Zolote-5 damaged 2 residential buildings and 4 outbuildings. n.m. Novokrasnyanka girl born in 2008 was injured, Also, a residential building was damaged – LPR representation in JCCC and in the negotiation process.
05:00 Over 25 days of fighting in the DPR, 26 civilians were killed, 174 civilians were wounded with varying degrees of severity, including 12 children – JCCC.
Military report of the LPR. Situation on the line of contact on March 14 (updated)