Ukrainian army observes about 50 truce violations in Donbas over past day

Militants conducted 48 attacks on Ukrainian army positions in Donbas over the past day, by use of small arms, mortars and grenade launches, the anti-terrorist operation press center said.

The shelling incidents were most intense in the Horlivka area, the press center said in a report posted on Facebook in the morning. Militants used small arms and grenade launchers in provocative fire on Ukrainian army strongholds near Mayorsk, Zaytseve and Novhorodske.

The enemy stepped up its activity near Starohnativka in the Mariupol sector. Ukrainian positions were attacked by infantry combat vehicles there.

"Tensions persist in the ATO zone," the report said.