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Militants are shelling positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, mainly those located in the Donetsk region, the press center of the Ukrainian army operation in Donbas said on its Facebook account on May 14.

“The adversary fired mortars, grenade launchers, anti-tank rocket systems and other weapons against the localities of Pisky, Opytne, Hranitne, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Avdiyivka and the Butivka mine,” it said.

The Ukrainian army also accused the militants of attacking Stanytsia Luhanska, Schastia and Nizhneteple in the Luhansk region.

The press center also claims an increase in the number of shelling incidents near the city of Mariupol.