Situation in east Ukraine escalates with 66 attacks by separatists

"The enemy used all available weapons to shell [Ukrainian] strongholds near Marinka [35 km southwest of Donetsk]. The militants used grenade launchers of various systems, heavy machine guns and even anti-aircraft mounts," reads the report. The tense situation is still observed outside temporarily occupied city of Donetsk. The separatists used grenade launchers and heavy machine guns to shell Ukrainian military positions near Opytne, Pisky, Avdiyivka and other villages around Donetsk. The pro-Russian militants shelled the government troops 66 times in the past day. One Ukrainian soldier was injured in the conflict over the past 24 hours, spokesman for the Presidential Administration on army operation Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv.