Ukrainian army records 46 strikes on its positions in Donbas

10:28, 10.06.2016 1 min read

Ukrainian army positions in Donbas have come under fire 46 times in the past 24 hours, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters wrote on Facebook on Friday morning.

Grenade launchers of different calibers were used against ATO positions near Stanytsia Luhanska, Bohuslavske and Stepne in the Luhansk sector, it said.

Small arms of all kinds and grenade launchers were fired at checkpoints of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Zaitseve, Mayorsk, Luhanske, Verkhniotoretske and Novoselivka Druha in the Donetsk sector. Mortars were also used near Nevelske, Avdiyivka and Troitske.

Small arms, machineguns, grenade launchers and mortars were used against Ukrainain positions in the vicinity of Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Taramchuk, Pavlopil and Shyrokyne near the city of Mariupol. Ukrainian positions near Novotroitske twice came under heavy mortar and 152mm artillery fire.

"Ukrainian defenders opened fire on a number of occasions," the ATO HQ said.