Militants launch 58 attacks on ATO troops in Donbas

Russian-backed militants continue to fire at positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in ATO area in Donbas. Fifty-eight ceasefire violations were recorded in last day.

This was reported by the ATO Headquarters press center.

"In particular, militants used small arms and grenade launchers to fire at our troops near Avdiyivka [18km north of Donetsk], Verkhniotoretske [22km north-east of Donetsk], Novhorodske [34km north of Donetsk], Mayorske [45km north of Donetsk] and Zaitseve [67km north-north-east of Donetsk]. Ukrainian servicemen also came under 120mm mortar fire near Troitske [69km west of Luhansk] and Luhanske [59km north-east of Donetsk],” the report reads.

In Mariupol direction, terrorists used 82mm mortars to shell Ukrainian military in Berezove (35km south-west of Donetsk), Novotroitske (32km south of Donetsk), Krasnohorivka (29 km west of Donetsk).

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