Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 36 times in the past 24 hours, including 17 in the Mariupol sector, nine barrages in the Luhansk sector, and 10 in the Donetsk sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation Headquarters.
In the Mariupol sector, the enemy fired heavy machine guns, grenade launchers and small arms on the Ukrainian fortified positions near the villages of Hranitne, Lebedynske, Hnutove and Novotroyitske. Further, infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) were used to attack in the village of Berezne.