Militants launch 48 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day

Militants launched 48 attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in ATO area in Donbas over the past day.

This is reported by the ATO press center.

As noted, in Mariupol direction, the enemy used 82mm mortars to fire at Talakivka (20km north-west of Mariupol) and Shyrokyne (20km east of Mariupol). Ukrainian positions in Vodiane, Pavlopilya, Maryinka, Shyrokine, Lebedinske, and Hnutove came under heavy machine guns and small arms fire.

In Donetsk direction, militants fired at ATO troops near Luhanske (59km north-east of Donetsk), using 120mm mortars and heavy machine guns. In addition, terrorists used small arms to shell Ukrainian strongholds outside Avdiyivka (18km north of Donetsk) and Zaitseve (67km north-north-east of Donetsk).

In Luhansk direction, Ukrainian troops came under small arms fire in Stanytsia Luhanska, Novozvanivka, Kondrashevka Nova, Krasne Hlynyshche, and Novooleksandrivka.

At the same time, a clash with the pro-Russian militants took place near Popasna. The militant attack was repulsed, the enemy suffered losses and retreated.

ish