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Militants opened fire 16 times in Donbas, including five times against Ukrainian positions, the press center for Ukrainian military reported on Nov. 16.

“Since Nov. 15evening, mercenaries opened fire 16 times, including five times directly on our positions,” the press center reported on Facebook on Monday morning.

The report stated that militants continued targeted sporadic fire on Ukrainian positions on the Donetsk, Luhansk and Mariupol tracks in the period between 6 p.m. on Nov. 15 and Nov. 16 morning.

According to the press center, the militants “opened prevocational fire in the direction of Novhorodsky, Mariyinka, Opytne, Pisky and Anviyivka” from grenade launchers and firearms. “At the same time, the occupants opened targeted fire from mortars, grenade launchers, large-caliber machine-guns and firearms on Novotoshkivske and Shyrokyne,” the press center has reported.