Militants launched 19 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day

2017-08-29 04:48:11

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) militants launched 19 attacks on positions of the armed forces of Ukraine in ATO area in Donbas over the past day. There were no losses among Ukrainian soldiers.

This is reported by the ATO press center.

In Mariupol direction, militants used heavy machine guns to shell Ukrainian positions near Vodiane (16km north-west of Donetsk) and Shyrokyne (20km east of Mariupol).

The tensest situation was still observed in Donetsk direction, where illegal armed formations used mortars and grenade launchers to shell Ukrainian positions in the industrial area of Avdiivka (18km north of Donetsk). The enemy also launched attacks on ATO troops near Butovka coal mine (11.4km north-west of Donetsk), Mayorske (45km north of Donetsk) and Zaitseve(67km north-north-east of Donetsk).

In Luhansk direction, militants used heavy machine gun and small arms to fire at Ukrainian positions near Stanytsia Luhanska(16km north-east of Luhansk).

The ATO press center reported that there were no casualties among Ukrainian soldiers.

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