Over the past day, the militants carried out 69 shelling attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone, as a result of which two Ukrainian servicemen were killed, nine wounded and four injured, the press center of the ATO headquarters has reported.

The greatest number of bombardments fell on the Donetsk sector. The militants fired on Luhanske from artillery of 122 mm caliber, 120 mm and 82 mm mortars, weapons of the infantry combat vehicles, grenade launchers and heavy machine guns. Troyitske and Kamyanka were shelled from mortars of 120 mm and 82 mm caliber, Avdiyivka - from tanks, Opytne was attacked by the infantry combat vehicle armament, Zaitseve - from grenade launchers, and Nevelske with the use of large-caliber machine guns.

In the Mariupol sector, 82-mm mortar shells fired on Maryinka, Krasnohorivka and Pavlopil. Maryinka and Shyrokyne were shelled by militants with the help of armored vehicles, grenade launchers and machine guns were used to fire on Vodiane, Pavlopil, Maryinka, Krasnohorivka. The enemy's snipers attacked the vicinity of Novotroyitske.

In the Luhansk sector, the militants fired on Troyitske from 120 mm mortar shells, Novo-Oleksandrivka suffered from mortars of 82 mm caliber. Stanytsia Luhanska, Troyitske, Valuiske, Popasna and Novozvanivka were shelled by grenade launchers, Valuiske was attacked by the adversary's large-caliber machine guns.

"In view of the serious fire activity of the enemy, Ukrainian servicemen repeatedly returned fire," a message posted on the Facebook page of the press center of ATO headquarters, says.