Ukraine reports almost 100 attacks on its positions in Donbas
Ukraine has reported 97 attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian armed forces in Donbas on Monday, March 13, as a result of which one Ukrainian soldier was killed, eight were wounded or injured, the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters has said.
"In the past day, the situation in the ATO zone deteriorated - the Russian terrorist troops increased the number of barrages in the second half of the day, attacking the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the use of heavy weapons. A total of 97 attacks have been recorded. One Ukrainian defender died, four were wounded, another four were injured in the past day," the ATO HQ wrote on Facebook on Tuesday.
Ukrainian troops stationed near the village of Pavlopil in the Mariupol sector were attacked with the use of 122mm artillery systems. Small arms, large-caliber machine guns and grenade launchers were used to fire on positions near the villages of Shyrokyne, Hnutove, Vodiane, and Chermalyk. Maryinka came under 82mm mortar fire.
Shelling continued in the Donetsk sector. In particular, positions near the towns of Avdiyivka and Svitlodarsk, and the villages of Opytne, Zaitseve and Novhorodske were attacked with the use of heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and 82mm mortars. Avdiyivka and Butivka coal mine were attacked by a tank along with the use of banned 120mm mortars. The outskirts of the village of Verkhniotoretske and Butivka coal mine were under 120mm mortar fire. Grenade launchers and machine guns were used to fire on the village of Pisky, while fire from 82mm mortars hit the village of Kamianka. The situation was tense near the village of Luhanske, which was attacked with the use of grenade launchers, mortars, and 152mm artillery systems.
Grenade launchers of various systems, 82mm and 120mm mortars were used to attack the Ukrainian positions near the village of Krymske and the town of Popasna in the Luhansk sector. Further, the enemy opened fire from automatic grenade launchers in the vicinity of the village of Triokhizbenka, while small arms and man-portable antitank guns were used to shell Ukrainian positions near the village of Novo-Oleksandrivka, and small arms near were used to fire on the village of Stanytsia Luhanska.