Ukrainian army reports 37 attacks on its positions in Donbas

10:34, 17.11.2016 1 min read

Ukrainian army positions came under 37 attacks in Donbas in the past 24 hours, the army operation press center said on Facebook on Thursday morning.

Twenty-four shelling incidents were observed in the Mariupol sector, it said.

"The hostiles twice engaged 152mm cannons in attacks on Berdianske and Shyrokyne. Mortars of various calibers, grenade launchers, heavy machineguns and small arms were fired on Hnutove, Maryinka, Vodiane, Shyrokyne, Novotroyitske and Pavlopil. A sniper was active in Novotroyitske, Pavlopil and Maryinka," the report said.

In the Luhansk sector, the militants fired mortars on Novozvanivka and used weapons of smaller caliber against Syze, Shariv Kut and Novo-Oleksandrivka, it said.

Novhorodske, Avdiyivka and Luhanske came under militant attacks in the Donetsk sector, the report said.