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The Russian-rebel forces fired at the positions of the Ukrainian soldiers with artillery weapons and grenade launchers 64 times in the past 24 hours, using  in their strikes, the press service of the Ukrainian military said on Nov. 13.

43 shellings were recorded near the city of Mariupol, where militant forces fired 152mm cannon artillery on the outskirts of Maryinka and Shyrokyne, and fired 122 cannon artillery on Talakivka.

Ukrainian military positions in Shyrokyne, Vodiane, Talakivka, Krasnohorivka and Bohdanivka came under mortar fire, the press service said. In addition, small arms, grenade launchers and infantry fighting vehicle weapons were also used against Shyrokyne, Lebedynske, Vodiane, Pavlopil, Taramchuk and Talakivka. Militant’s snipers were also operating in Shyrokyne and Pavlopil.

The Russian-rebel forces violated ceasefire 15 times in the Luhansk region, where small arms, grenade launchers and mortars were fired on Krymske, Novozvanivka, Valuiske, Malynove, Novo-Oleksandrivka and Troyitske, and 122mm cannon artillery weapons were also used against Ukrainian soldiers in Novozvanivka and Troyitske, the press service said.

Avdiyivka in the Donetsk region came under mortar fire, and 122mm artillery weapons were fired at the village of Tonenke, the press service said.