Illegal armed formations shelled Ukrainian positions in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, 35 times on Monday, September 12, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) reported on Tuesday morning.
"Over the 24 hours, the Russian occupation forces opened fire on Ukrainian defenders' positions 35 times," the ATO HQ wrote on Facebook.
Nine violations were reported in the Mariupol sector. Militants used 122mm artillery systems, which are banned by the Minsk agreement, to shell ATO forces in the village of Chermalyk. Ukrainian troops in the village of Shyrokyne and the town of Krasnohorivka came under 82mm mortar fire. Further, grenade launchers, machine-guns and small arms were used to fire on the villages of Hranitne, Shyrokyne, Starohnativka, and the town of Maryinka.
The ceasefire in the Luhansk sector was violated 10 times. Militants used an infantry fighting vehicle to attack the village of Novozvanivka, while grenade launchers, machine-guns and small arms were used to shell the town of Popasna, the villages of Novo-Oleksandrivka, Novozvanivka, and Nyzhnioteple. At about 16:00 local time on Monday, a unit of the Ukrainian armed forces stationed near the village of Stanytsia Luhanska was attacked by an enemy special forces unit. The Ukrainian side had to fire back.
The truce in the Donetsk sector was violated 16 times. Provocative militant attacks targeted the ATO positions in the town of Avdiyivka, the villages of Luhanske, Zaitseve, Verkhniotoretske, and Novgorodske. Areas near Avdiyivka also came under fire, militants used 120mm and 82mm mortars.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine strictly abide by the Minsk peace agreements on Donbas, the ATO HQ said.
