Militants launched 22 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day

Militants launched 22 attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in ATO area in Donbas over the past day. Three Ukrainian soldiers were wounded.

This is reported by the ATO press center.

In Mariupol direction, the day passed relatively quiet. About 8:00 pm, near the village of Taramchuk (30km south-west of Donetsk), militants fired at Ukrainian positions, using a grenade launcher and small arms.

The tensest situation was still observed in Donetsk direction, where illegal armed formations used mortars and grenade launchers to shell Ukrainian positions in the industrial area of Avdiivka (18km north of Donetsk). In addition, militants also shelled Ukrainian positions near Troitske (69km west of Luhansk).

In Luhansk direction, illegal armed formations used 120mm mortars to shell ATO troops near Katerynivka (64km west of Luhansk) and 82mm mortars to shell Ukrainian positions near Novooleksandrivka (65km west of Luhansk) and Novotoshkivske (53km north-west of Luhansk). The attacks by terrorists using heavy machine guns were recorded in the area of Stanytsia Luhanska (16km north-east of Luhansk).

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