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The militants attacked Ukrainian army positions at least 18 times in eastern Ukraine in the period from 6 p.m. on Nov. 24 till Nov. 25 morning, the Ukrainian army operation press center has written on Facebook.

The militants were firing weapons of infantry combat vehicles, grenade launchers and large-caliber machineguns in the Artemivsk sector, the press center said.

The militants’ mortars and small arms shelled Ukrainian army positions in Bolotenne in the Luhansk area and small arms were used in Shyrokyne in the Mariupol region.

Ukrainian army positions came under precision fire of the militants’ grenade launchers and small arms near Novhorodske and Triokhizbenka.

Also, the press center reported a clash near Syze at 9 p.m. on Nov. 24, during which the militants were pushed away from Ukrainian positions.