Militants shell Ukrainian troops 47 times in ATO area

The militants launched 47 attacks on the positions of ATO troops in eastern Ukraine over the past day.

This is reported by the press center of the ATO headquarters.

"The Russian-backed militants do not stop shelling positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Forty-seven attacks were recorded over the past day," reads the statement.

The terrorists used 82mm mortars to shell Ukrainian strongholds in Mayorske (45km north of Donetsk). The grenade launchers and heavy machine guns were used against Ukrainian troops in Zaitseve (67km north-north-east of Donetsk) and Novhorodske (34km north of Donetsk).

In addition, the militants used different weapons to fire at Ukrainian positions outside Opytne (11.5km north-west of Donetsk), Pisky (12km north-west of Donetsk) and Avdiyivka (18km north of Donetsk) near the occupied Donetsk.

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