Militants launch 47 attacks on ATO troops in last day

The situation in ATO area in eastern Ukraine escalated. Militants launched 47 attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine along the entire contact line over the past day.

This is reported by the ATO press center.

"In the evening, the enemy shelled intensively our strongholds near Marinka [35 km south-west of Donetsk], using small arms, grenade launchers of various systems and 82mm mortars. Militants also used 82mm and 120mm mortars to shell Ukrainian troops outside Krasnohorivka [29 km west of Donetsk]," the report reads.

Ukrainian servicemen also came under mortar and grenade launcher fire near Avdiyivka (18km north of Donetsk).

In Luhansk region, militants used grenade launchers to fire at Ukrainian soldiers, who serve near Stanytsia Luhanska (16km north-east of Luhansk).

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