Militants launch nine attacks on ATO troops in eastern Ukraine

The illegal armed groups continue to shell ATO troops in eastern Ukraine. The militants launched nine attacks in last day.

This is reported by the ATO Headquarters press center.

The tensest situation is observed in Donetsk suburbs. The terrorists used grenade launchers of various systems, heavy machine guns and small arms to shell Ukrainian positions south of Avdiyivka (18km north of Donetsk) from the suburbs of the temporarily occupied city.

The militants also used small arms and heavy machine guns to fire at Ukrainian soldiers near Luhanske (59km north-east of Donetsk).

In Mariupol direction, the ATO troops came under fire from automatic grenade launchers and heavy machine guns near Shyrokyne (20km east of Mariupol).

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