Ukrainian army positions came under 26 attacks in Donbas over the past day, including nine attacks conducted in the daytime and 17 at night, the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters said on Facebook.
It also said that most shelling incidents involved 120mm mortars banned by the Minsk agreements.
Enemy provocations focused on the Mariupol and Donetsk sectors in the past 24 hours, the ATO HQ said.
Shyrokyne, Krasnohorivka and Vodiane came under attack of mortars; grenade launchers, infantry combat vehicles and mortars shelled Luhanske; while heavy machineguns were fired on Opytne, the report said.
After 18:00 local time on Dec. 5, Ukrainian army positions were mostly shelled by 120mm mortars in the Luhansk sector. Attacks were launched on Balka Kosharna and three times in a row on Krymske. Grenade launchers were fired on Troitske and Stanytsia Luhanska, the ATO HQ said.
Mortars, grenade launchers and small arms were used against Shyrokyne, Talakivka, Pavlopil, Novomykhailivka and Taramchuk in the Mariupol sector, the report said, adding that infantry combat vehicles attacked Vodiane.
Grenade launchers and small arms were fired on Avdiyivka and Zaitseve in the Donetsk sector, the report said.
