The Donbas militants resorted to armed provocations against Ukrainian government forces early on Saturday and shelled their positions seven times over the past 24 hours, the press center of the military operation conducted by the Ukrainian government forces in the eastern part of the country reported on Facebook on Saturday morning.
"In the Donetsk sector, [...] our strongholds near Avdiyivka, Pisky, and Luhanske were shelled with grenade launchers of various systems, large-caliber machineguns, and firearms. In addition, an enemy sniper regularly shot at Ukrainian defenders near Luhanske," the press center reported at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday.
A Ukrainian government forces stronghold near Shyrokyne not far from Mariupol was shelled with firearms and under-barrel grenade launchers on Friday evening, it said.
The situation in the Luhansk sector was relatively calm last nigh, it said.
