Kyiv reports 29 attacks by militants on Ukrainian army positions over past day

10:07, 21.01.2016 1 min read

The militants conducted 29 attacks on Ukrainian army positions over the past day, and most violations were observed in the Donetsk airport area, the army operation press center wrote on Facebook on Thursday morning.

The militants fired grenade launchers and small arms on Ukrainian positions near Pisky, Opytne and the Butivka mine.

A large-caliber machine gun shelled a Ukrainian army stronghold near Starohnativka.

Ukrainian army positions near Talakivka (in the Mariupol area) came under a mortar attack, and precision fire was conducted by use of grenade launchers, small arms and infantry combat vehicles near Luhanske, on the border between the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.