Militants launch 50 attacks on ATO troops in eastern Ukraine

The Russian-backed militants continue to launch the armed provocations against the Ukrainian soldiers in eastern Ukraine.

As the ATO Headquarters press center reports, the militants launched 50 attacks on the Ukrainian troops over the past day, using the weapons banned by the Minsk Agreements.

In particular, the terrorists used 120mm and 82mm mortars, grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms to shell the Ukrainian positions in Avdiyivka (18km north of Donetsk). The Ukrainian troops also came under fire near Butovka coal mine (11.4km north-west of Donetsk), Luhanske (59km north-east of Donetsk), Pisky (12km north-west of Donetsk), Opytne (11.5km north-west of Donetsk) and Zaitseve (67km north-north-east of Donetsk).

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