Illegal armed formations in Donbas opened fire on Ukrainian positions 72 times in the past day, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters said.
The largest number of truce violations was recorded in the Mariupol sector, which was attacked 43 times. Donbas militants used small arms and grenade launchers to shell the villages of Hnutove, Talakivka, Hranitne and Starohnativka. They fired 82mm mortars, machine guns, grenade launchers and tank shells on the town of Krasnohorivka and the village of Pavlopil. The ATO forced deployed near the town of Maryinka and the village of Taramchuk came under 120mm mortar fire. They were also attacked by infantry fighting vehicles and snipers. Further, the Ukrainian positions near the villages of Shyrokyne and Vodiane were attacked with the use of banned 122mm and 152mm cannon artillery systems.
Fourteen barrages were reported in the Donetsk sector. “The occupiers used anti-aircraft guns, grenade launchers, machine guns and infantry fighting vehicles to shell the villages of Maiorsk and Novhorodske. What is more, 82mm and 120mm mortars and the rest of the arsenal of smaller-caliber arms were fired on the Ukrainian defensive positions near the village of Zaitseve, Butivka coal mine and the town of Avdiyivka,” the ATO HQ said.
Fifteen acts of provocation against the ATO forces were recorded in the Luhansk sector. Machine guns, grenade launchers and small arms near were used to attack the town of Zolote, and the villages of Triokhizbenka, Krymske, Bakla Kosharna, Novo-Oleskandrivka and Troyitske. In addition to these types of weapons, 82mm mortars were used to attack in the village of Novozvanivka.
