Ukrainian soldiers wounded over past day in ATO zone

10:33, 10.01.2017 1 min read

The militants over the past day have fired positions of the Ukrainian military 46 times in Donbas, the press center of the ATO (Anti-Terrorist operation) wrote on its Facebook page on Tuesday morning.

"Five soldiers were wounded," a statement says.

In the Mariupol sector the enemy fired Vodiane using 82-mm mortar shells, while rocket-propelled grenades and small arms were used to fire Maryinka, Shyrokyne, Talakivka, Chermalyk, Pavlopil and Hnutove. Shyrokyne was shelled by the enemy's infantry combat vehicles.

In the Donetsk sector mortars of various calibers were used to attack Zaitseve, Avdiyivka and Luhanske. The adversary applied fire of rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns on Krasnohorivka, Avdiyivka and Opytne. Luhanske was attacked by infantry combat vehicles.

In the Luhansk sector, near Syze, the militants used the BM-21 "Grad". Troyitske was repeatedly shelled by mortars, Stanytsia Luhanska and Novozvanivka by grenade launchers. Novozvanivka was also shelled from anti-tank guided missiles. Troyitske was fired on by a sniper.