Militants carry 109 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas over past 24 hours – press center

12:05, 28.08.2015 1 min read

The army operation press center wrote on Facebook on Friday that the militants conducted 109 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas on Thursday.

"Fifteen times by use of artillery, 34 by use of mortars and once by use of BM-21 Grad rocket launchers," the press center said in its morning report.

According to the army, tensions escalated most in the Mariupol area on Thursday evening and later on.

The militants attacked Opytne and Avdiyivka near Donetsk from almost 10 p.m. till midnight.

Ukrainian positions near Stary Aidar, Triokhizbenka and Stanytsia Luhanska in the Luhansk region came under mortar fire in the evening, the press center said.