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Ukrainian army’s press service said on Nov. 4 that some 31 militant attacks on positions of Ukrainian troops in Donbas over the past day.

The heaviest shelling was in the Mariupol sector, where 17 incidents were reported.

“The hostiles were using small arms near Talakivka, and small arms, grenade launchers and machine guns were employed in Shyrokyne and Lybidinske. Shelling involving 82mm and 120mm mortars continued near Pavlopil, Vodiane and Krasnohorivka,” the report reads.

Ukrainian soldiers near Donetsk and Luhansk were attacked seven  times.

Infantry combat vehicles attacked Luhanske, and mortars, grenade launchers, machine-guns and small arms were fired in the vicinity of Avdiyivka in the Donetsk sector, the report reads.

The militants fired small arms on Syze, 82mm mortars on Orikhove, and grenade launchers on the outskirts of Triokhizbenka, Stanytsia Luhanska, Novozvanivka and Novo-Oleksandrivka in the Luhansk sector, according to the press service.