The militants fired at ATO forces more than 80 times from tanks, machine guns and grenade launchers: eight soldiers wounded
For the past day situation in the area ATO remains tense, the position of Ukrainian troops fired 81 times, the greatest number of attacks on the Mariupol direction.
This was reported by the press center of staff ATO on his page in Facebook, stressing that the enemy has used weapons which are prohibited by the Minsk agreements.
“The position under the Water and Chermalyk the enemy was covered with fire cannon artillery caliber of 122 mm, used machine guns and grenade launchers of various systems. Defenders of Shirokino and Pavlopol, division of Russian occupation troops fired mortars of caliber of 120 mm, and the defenders of Shirokino, Pavlopol, Water, Talakivka and Krasnogorovka from 82 – mm mortars. Under Novotroitsk, Shirokin and Water showed the activity of enemy snipers. Defenders Shirokino fired from anti-aircraft installations ZU-23-2, and Krasnogorovka – anti-tank missile system. The defenders of Marinka the tank fired”, – is spoken in the message.
According to staff, at the direction of Donetsk, the greatest enemy activity showed under the plant, Novgorod, Opytnym and Trinity, where the positions of the Ukrainian fighters during the day fired from heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars of a caliber of 120 mm and 82 mm
“Near settlements Zaitsev and Sands recorded use of enemy small arms and mortar rounds caliber 82mm. From heavy machine guns and grenade launchers of various systems, the enemy shelled strongholds under Newelski and a Heater,” – said Ukrainian military.
In addition, it is noted that in the Luhansk region, it was hot under the Novozvanovka, where the enemy used grenade launchers, machine guns and 82-mm mortars
It is also reported that the decrease in firing activity of enemy units of the ATO forces opened fire in response.
During the day, wounding six soldiers of the ATO forces, two were combat injuries.
Recall, on the eve under fire of militants in Zaitzevia killed two civilians. Body found in the yard of a private home.