Militants launch 62 attacks on ATO troops in eastern Ukraine

Russian-backed militants launched 62 attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbas over the past day.

This is reported by the ATO Headquarters press center.

"In Donetsk area, terrorists violated the Minsk agreements, using 122mm heavy artillery in Luhanske [59km north-east of Donetsk]. In addition, militants used 82mm mortars, grenade launchers, and heavy machine guns to shell Avdiyivka [18km north of Donetsk] and Verkhniotoretske [22km north-east of Donetsk]," the report reads.

In Mariupol area, Ukrainian servicemen came under 120mm and 82mm mortar fire in Krasnohorivka (29 km west of Donetsk), Novotroitske (32km south of Donetsk), Shyrokyne (20km east of Mariupol).

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