On May 23, Russia-backed separatists carried out 53 shelling of the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas, wounding one soldier, the Ukrainian military press center reported.
In the Prymorsky sector, separatists carried out 29 shelling of the Ukrainian military positions. In particular separatists fired upon the positions of the Armed Forces in the area of Shyrokyne using 120 mm mortar shells, Talakivka, Hnutove, Novotroitsky and Vodiane using grenade launchers and small arms, Maryinka and Krasnohorivka using mortars of the 82 mm caliber.
In the Donetsk sector, the Ukrainian military positions were shelled 13 times. The southern suburb of Avdiyivka and the city’s residential area were shelled from the Grad rocket, 120 mm mortars and 152 mm artillery, as a result of which one civilian was injured, four houses were completely destroyed, more than ten houses were damaged. In addition, Pisky was shelled from 120 mm mortars.
In the Luhansk sector, separatists fired at the Ukrainian army positions eleven times using grenade launchers and small arms.
