On March 13, occupiers shelled Avdiivka in the Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk military regional administration, said on his Telegram.
“Just now Russians fired from “Tochka-U” in the direction of the civilians from Avdiivska amalgamated community. Fortunately, there are no casualties or damages,” he wrote.
The shelling in the Ocheretyn amalgamated community also continues: many houses in Kamianets are damaged, and it is still not possible to establish exact information. Verkhnotoretske is left without electricity as the high-voltage line was destroyed the day before.
Earlier, the head of the Vatican City State, Pope Francis made a statement in support of Ukraine in his public address on Sunday, on the anniversary of his election to the throne. He called the actions of the Russian army during the siege and bombing of Mariupol “barbaric.”
The worst humanitarian catastrophe on Earth is happening in besieged Mariupol, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba.