The militants conducted 85 attacks on Ukrainian army positions in the past 24 hours, including 38 attacks conducted in the Donetsk sector, 22 in the Mariupol sector, and 25 in the Luhansk sector, the press center of the anti terrorist operation staff said.
In the Donetsk sector, 122mm heavy artillery of the hostiles bombarded Troitske and Luhanske before dawn. The hostiles fired 120mm and 82mm mortars, various types of grenade launchers, large-caliber machineguns and small arms throughout the contact line in that sector, between Nevelske, the Avdiyivka industrial zone, and the Svitlodarsk bulge; tanks fired on Avdiyivka, and an infantry combat vehicle was engaged in Luhanske. About 50 152mm artillery projectiles were fired on Semyhirya at around midnight, the report said.
In the Mariupol sector, the hostiles fired over 100 shots from 122mm self-propelled weapons in Shyrokyne. Ukrainian army positions came under attack from 120mm mortars in Novohryhorivka, Shyrokyne and Starohnativka; 82mm mortars were used in Maryinka and Krasnohorivka; grenade launchers and large-caliber machineguns were fired in Vodiane, Shyrokyne and Pavlopil. The militants used an armored personnel carrier near Maryinka. Snipers were active near Maryinka and Novotroyitske.
In the Luhansk sector, 152mm heavy artillery bombarded Ukrainian army positions in Kalynove-Popasna, Novozvanivka, Zholobka and Novotoshkivske, and 122mm weapons fired on Krymske. The hostiles fired mortars, grenade launchers and machineguns on Krymske, Popasna and Stanitsa Luhanska, and grenade launchers and large-caliber machineguns were used in Novooleksandrivka and Zolote. Tanks were engaged in attacks near Krymske, and an infantry combat vehicle was used in Stanitsa Luhanska. A sniper was active near Novooleksandrivka, the press center said.
