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

Russian-backed militants launched four attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area in Donbas over the past day. 

This is reported by the ATO Headquarters press center.

In Luhansk direction, illegal armed formations used 82mm and 120mm mortars, weapons on infantry combat vehicles and heavy machine guns to shell Ukrainian positions near Luhanske (59km north-east of Donetsk) for over than two hours. The same types of weapons were used to launch attacks on Ukrainian strongholds outside Troitske (69km west of Luhansk).

As reported, Russian-backed militants fired over 50 mortars of different calibers on Ukrainian positions over the past day.

No casualties among Ukrainian troops were reported.

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