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Over the past day, members of illegal armed formations shelled the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbas zone zone 30 times, as a result of which one Ukrainian soldier was killed and one injured, the Kyiv reported.

“Last day, the situation escalated in Donbas zone. After 6:00 p.m., the Russia-backed separatists intensified shelling of our positions, using mainly mortars and grenade launchers,” the press center said on Facebook.

In the Donetsk sector, militants shelled the Avdiyivka industrial zone with mortars, grenade launchers, anti-aircraft guns and small arms, Zaitseve using infantry fighting vehicles and grenade launchers, and Butovka mine using mortars.

In the Luhansk sector, militants fired on Krymske and Novotoshkivske using 120 mm mortars, Novoaleksandrivka and Stanytsia Luhanska using heavy machine guns.

In the Prymorske sector, militants fired on the area of Vodiane and once on Shyrokyne using 82 mm caliber mortars.