The tension in the ATO headquarters reported about the increase of attacks and the deaths of four soldiers during the day
At the headquarters of ATO claim a difficult situation: increased number of attacks, including the use of heavy weapons.
So, as of 6 am on 18 March, the militants have carried out 112 attacks. This is reported on the official page in Facebook headquarters.
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The headquarters of the ATO explained why the militants have increased the intensity of shelling in the Donbass
“The situation in the ATO area remains difficult, the number of attacks has increased. 112 times the Russian-terrorist troops shelled positions of Ukrainian armed forces, including with heavy weapons”, — stated in the message.
On the Mariupol direction at positions of the Ukrainian troops near Lebedinsky, Szerokiego, Gotovogo and Water, the enemy fired from 120-mm mortars and artillery installations of caliber 122. Opinie points near Talakivka and Carmalita came under fire from mortars of caliber of 120.
For the fortifications near Marinka and Krasnogorovka the gunmen opened fire from grenade launchers and mortars of 82 and 120 mm later introduced a powerful artillery systems of calibre of 122 and 152 mm.
Donetsk direction, the enemy made 10 attacks on positions near Avdeevka of heavy weapons, tanks and mortars of caliber of 120. Under fire hit the residential district of the Old Town.
Strengthen the next Survey and Novgorod the enemy covered by fire from mortars of caliber of 82, and near Lugansk from artillery systems of caliber 122 mm mortars, infantry fighting vehicles and LNG. Near Verhnetoretskogo and Nevel on the positions of ATO forces fired mortars.
In Luhansk region the enemy was shelled with mortars, LNG in the area of Novozvanovka, Nice and Katerinovka.
During the day, killing four soldiers and three others injured.
We will remind, on the eve of the leader of Luhansk militants Igor Carpenter stated that initiates the holding of a referendum in the occupied part of Donbass to join Russia.
“We don’t just assume, we are confident that such a referendum will be obligatory. Of course, we want to initiate, but all the time. In fact at the beginning the question was to immediately go the way of Crimea, that we became part of the Russian Federation, but turned out a little differently, but this question never snimalsya,” said Carpenter.