Militants launched 18 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day

Militants launched 18 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.

The tensest situation was observed in Mariupol direction, where militants used 82mm mortars, grenade launchers and small arms to shell Ukrainian positions near Vodiane (16km north-west of Donetsk). In addition, terrorists fired at ATO troops outside Shyrokyne (20km east of Mariupol) and Pavlopol (30 km northeast of Mariupol), using 120mm mortars.

In Luhansk direction, illegal armed formations launched attacks on Novooleksandrivka (65km west of Luhansk) and Novotoshkivske (53km north-west of Luhansk), using small arms and grenade launchers.

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