Militants breach ceasefire 18 times in early hours of Aug 24, two servicemen wounded

13:52, 24.08.2017 1 min read

Militants have committed 18 truce breaches, and two Ukrainian servicemen have been wounded in the past 24 hours, the press service of the headquarters of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in Donbas said.

In Donetsk region, grenade launchers and large-caliber machineguns were used against Ukrainian positions in the Avdiyivka industrial zone, Zaitseve and near the Butovka mine, the headquarters said.

In the Luhansk sector, militants twice fired 82mm mortars in the vicinity of Novooleksandrivka. Grenade launchers were used in the vicinity of Katerynivka and Krymske, the headquarters said.

In the Mariupol sector, Ukrainian positions near Pavlopil, Shyrokyne and Lebedynske were shelled, it said.