Residential areas of Ukraine's Avdiyivka and Maryinka attacked by enemy tanks, infantry fighting vehicles
Ukrainian members of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of the ceasefire in Donbas has reported new attacks on the Ukrainian-controlled towns of Avdiyivka and Maryinka in Donetsk region by illegal armed groups with the use of proscribed weapons.
"At 21:00 local time on June 12, militant tanks fired on residential quarters of Avdiyivka amid shelling of Ukrainian army positions. 125mm shells exploded near houses on Ostrovskoho and Gagarina Streets," the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters wrote on Facebook on Monday evening, citing the JCCC's Ukrainian team.
What is more, illegal armed formations opened fire on Maryinka's residential quarters at about 22:00 local time on the same day. They used infantry fighting vehicles and grenade launchers. A fire broke out on Zhovtneva Street as a result of the attack.
No civilian casualties have been reported in both cases.
Ukrainian observers from the JCCC are currently working in Avdiyivka and Maryinka. Details of the attacks are being examined.
