Donbas seeing escalation, number of attacks grows to 79 in past day
Ukrainian troops in Donbas were attacked 79 times in the last day, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters reported on Tuesday morning.
"The situation in the ATO zone has considerably escalated. Illegal armed groups increase the number of their attacks every day and use mortars more often," the report said.
The enemy shelled Ukrainian positions in the village of Zaitseve with the use of 120mm mortars and a self-propelled artillery system.
Ukrainian troops stationed near Kominternove, Hnutove, Shyrokyne, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Mayorsk also came under mortar fire.
Areas near the villages of Novotroyitske and Mykolayivka saw skirmishes with enemy sabotage and reconnaissance forces.
ATO forces near Hranitne, Novhorodske, Opytne, Pisky, Avdiyivka and Butivka coal mine were shelled by the enemy with the use of grenade launchers and large-caliber machine-guns.
In the Luhansk sector, Donbas militants attacked Ukrainian positions near Triokhizbenka and Sokolnyky.
