Kyiv reports 21 instances of shelling by militants on Orthodox Christmas Eve

09:13, 07.01.2016 1 min read

Militants have shelled the positions of the Ukrainian troops in Donbas on 21 occasions since midnight, the press center of the headquarters of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) said.

The situation has deteriorated. The enemy has fired weapons against Ukrainian servicemen on 21 occasions in the course of the day, the press center said in a statement on its Facebook page (the report as of 1800 Kyiv time on Wednesday).

In particular, according to the Kyiv data, militants have simultaneously fired small arms and grenade launchers of different systems on four checkpoints of the Ukrainian military in the area of Maryinka.

Meanwhile, the enemy sought to hit units of the ATO forces by a precise small-arms fire in Shyrokyne. A sniper was firing near Zaitseve.

Militants have repeatedly waged a disturbing fire by small arms and large-caliber machineguns in the direction of the Ukrainian positions in the area of Pisky and Opytne.