Militants launched 14 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day

Militants launched 14 attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in ATO area in Donbas over the past day. Two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded.

This is reported by the ATO press center.

The tensest situation was observed near the industrial area of Avdiivka (18km north of Donetsk), where Ukrainian positions came under grenade launcher, heavy machine gun and small arms fire. Russian-backed militants also launched seven 82mm mortars on Pisky (12km north-west of Donetsk) and shelled Zaitseve (67km north-north-east of Donetsk), using weapons on infantry fighting vehicles.

In Mariupol direction, illegal armed formations used heavy machine guns and 82mm mortars to fire at Shyrokyne (20km east of Mariupol).

In Luhansk direction, ATO troops came under enemy fire near Novotoshkivske (53km north-west of Luhansk).

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