Kyiv accuses militants of once again using 120mm mortars banned by Minsk accords
Militants opened fire on Ukrainian military positions ten times on Thursday, using 120mm mortars, banned by the Minsk Agreements, on a number of occasions, the press center of Kyiv's army operation has reported.
"Our positions came under fire twice in Avdiyivka in the Donetsk region. The adversary used grenade launchers of different systems, small arms, large-caliber machineguns, 82mm mortars, as well as 120mm mortars, which are prohibited by the Minsk Agreements," the press center said in a report published on its Facebook account.
According to it, militants' units fired small arms and under-barrel grenade launchers at Ukrainian army positions near Stepny and Novozvanivka in the Luhansk region.
Militants' units also used automatic grenade launchers against one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' checkpoints in the vicinity of Novotroitske, near the city of Mariupol, late on Thursday evening.
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