Kyiv reports 54 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas over past day

11:31, 20.02.2016 1 min read

The militants have conducted 54 attacks on Ukrainian army positions in the past 24 hours, including 28 in the Donetsk area and 26 in the Mariupol sector, the army operation press center has said.

The enemy was firing a 82mm mortar, an air defense launcher and infantry combat vehicle weapons near Krasnohorivka, says the report published on Facebook on Saturday. Ukrainian army positions came under attack of an 82mm mortar near the village of Hnutove.

According to the report, the militants opened intense grenade launcher and small arms fire near Maryanka at night.

Ukrainian positions were shelled in Vodiane, Opytne, Pisky, Avdiyivka, Zaitseve and Maiorsk.

A drone was seen flying near Shyrokyne.