27 March: Avdiivka becomes a red zone, reaction to Putin’s nuclear blackmail

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Situation summary of war in Ukraine by region for Monday, March 27, 2023.
Illustrated photo / Photo: Zelensky’s official Telegram channel

Illustrated photo / Photo: Zelensky’s official Telegram channel

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By Pavlo Vitenko

Summary by regions

Luhansk Region

Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Nevske, Dibrova and Bilohorivka were under fire in the Luhansk region. All attempts of enemy attacks were repulsed.

About 100 bodies of dead Russians were delivered to the morgue in Troitske yesterday. In addition, about 140 seriously wounded invaders arrived at the hospital in this settlement.

In Starobilsk, the Russians converted the surgical department of a multidisciplinary hospital into a military hospital.

The Russian invaders in the Luhansk Region intensified the pressure on the employees of controlled bodies, institutions, organizations, and enterprises to force them to obtain a Russian passport.

Donetsk Region

The enemy shelled Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Krasnohorivka, Chasiv Yar, New York, Severne, Ocheretyn, Velyka Novosilka, Druzhba, Karlivka in the past day.

Six residential buildings (including two apartment buildings), kindergartens, a shop, the building of the Avdiivka city court, and the hotel of the Avdiivka coke chemical plant were damaged.

In the Donetsk region, one person died and two were injured in one day.

Sumy Region

Yesterday, during the day, the Russians shelled the territories of the Esman and Bilopillia communities with artillery and grenade launchers.

Kharkiv Region

Russian troops attacked the districts of more than 15 settlements. Among them are Lobanivka, Mali Prohody, Lyptsi, Strilecha, Staritsa, Ohirtseve, Milove, Petro-Ivanivka and Ridkodub.

In the Kupiansk direction, the Russian army conducted unsuccessful offensive actions near Synkivka, carried out artillery fire in the Kupiansk and Tabaivka districts.

As a result of the shelling of Kupiansk, a high-rise building, a garage, and a car were damaged.

The enemy fired mortars and other weapons at the village of Dvorichna in the Kupiansk district. Residential buildings and farm buildings were damaged.

Dnipropetrovsk Region

A 73-year-old man was injured yesterday due to shelling in Nikopol and was hospitalized in a moderate condition. The enemy hit the city with drones three times a day.

Chervonohryhorivka and Myrove communities of the Nikopol district were under the sights of the Russian artillery .

At night, the enemy army attacked Kryvyi Rih with drones. One Shahed was shot down by military personnel from the East Air Command. At the same time, there are UAV hits. There are no dead or injured. The consequences of the attack are being investigated.

Zaporizhzhia Region

The enemy fired 55 shots at 14 settlements on the line of demarcation: Orihiv, Mala Tokmachka, Hulyaipole, Olhivske, Charivne, Malynivka, Zaliznychne, Novodanylivka, Poltavka, Bilohirya, Novoandriivka, Chervone, Shcherbaky, Kamianske.

Kherson Region

In the past day, the invaders carried out 20 shellings in the Kherson region, firing 97 shells from heavy artillery. Four people were injured.

Two men aged 24 and 18 came across a Russian mine in a field near the village of Ivanivka in the Vysokopillia community. As a result of the explosion, one of the men lost both legs.

Near the village of Kostyrka, Vysokopillia district, a man was inspecting a field and came across a mine left by the enemy. A 25-year-old resident of the region was seriously injured due to the detonation of a Russian anti-personnel PFM-1 mine. According to eyewitnesses, the victim was collecting «Petals» in a field near the village of Ishchenka of the Velyka Oleksandrivska community. One of the mines detonated in his hands. He was hospitalized with injuries to his hands and stomach.

Another 43 people were evacuated from the territory of the region liberated from the Russians.

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Zelenskyi met with the British actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom

During his visit to Ukraine, Orlando Bloom visited the cities of Kyiv and Irpin, as well as the village of Demydiv.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with British actor, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom.

This is reported on the website of the head of state.

The meeting was also attended by: Head of the Office of the President Andrii Yermak, adviser to the President’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights and Children’s Rehabilitation, Daria Gerasimchuk, and the UNICEF team led by the head of the fund’s representation in Ukraine, Murat Shahin.

As a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Orlando Bloom will support humanitarian aid and infrastructure reconstruction projects aimed at ensuring the interests of Ukrainian children. Among the priorities are also the development of the system of family care for children deprived of parental care, the development of infrastructure for early childhood development, as well as the creation of youth projects and startups.

During his visit to Ukraine, Orlando Bloom visited the cities of Kyiv and Irpin, as well as the village of Demydiv, where he saw the terrible consequences of the war that has been going on in our country for over a year. At the meeting with the head of state, he emphasized that he was impressed by the courage and resilience of Ukrainians who, despite the war, remain strong.

Ukraine's President thanked Orlando Bloom for his visit to Ukraine and for his work as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.

«Thank you for your visit, which is an important message. It is of great importance to us that the world knows what is happening in Ukraine during the war. Of course, thank you for the help you provide directly to the children,» said the Head of State.

By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News

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