Illegal armed formations have attacked Ukrainian troops 77 times in the last day, including 30 times with the use of heavy weapons, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation headquarter reported.
"Having focused fire from mortars and artillery system on the Ukrainian defenders, the enemy has launched 30 strong attacks, impudently using banned heavy weapons whose caliber from 82mm to 152mm," the ATO HQ wrote on Facebook on Friday morning.
The villages of Zaitseve, Mayorsk and Butivka coal mine in the Donetsk sector have repeatedly been under militant fire. ATO positions near the town of Avdiyivka were attacked 16 times with the use of cannon artillery systems, mortars, grenade launchers and small arms.
As the ATO HQ said, militants also fired at local residents in Avdiyivka's industrial areas, using heavy weapons.
The Mariupol sector also saw escalation. ATO troops near the villages of Vodiane, Talakivka, Novotroyitske, Shyrokyne, Hnutove, and the town of Maryinka were under enemy fire and militants actively used banned weapons.
