ATO HQ names flash points in Donbas

The armed hostilities of low intensity without the use of heavy weapons continue in Donetsk and Mariupol directions in eastern Ukraine.

Spokesman for the Presidential Administration on the anti-terrorist operation, Colonel Oleksandr Motuzianyk said this at the briefing in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"The situation in the ATO area remained unchanged over the past day," he said.

In particular, according to the spokesman, the enemy occasionally violated the ceasefire in the suburbs of Horlivka (39 km north-east of Donetsk) and near the Donetsk Airport.

The tensest situation was observed near Opytne (11.5km north-west of Donetsk), where the militants used grenade launchers. All the attacks were aimed.

The terrorists also violated the ceasefire in Marinka (35 km south-west of Donetsk), using small arms to fire on the Ukrainian positions for an hour.

According to Motuzianyk, the total ceasefire was observed in Luhansk direction.

ol