40 attacks by militants in east Ukraine in past 24 hours

There was low-intensity fighting along the entire contact line in the Donetsk region, with militants' units firing grenade launchers and small arms at Ukrainian army positions, Motuzyanyk told a press briefing in Kyiv on Thursday. Militia forces fired an infantry fighting vehicle at Ukrainian military positions in Pisky, and seven targeted attacks by snipers were recorded in the Donetsk airport area, he said. A militants' sniper was also operating in Maryinka, located near the city of Mariupol, he said. The militants used an anti-tank missile system in Hranitne and fired mortars at Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Talakivka. Militants fired only small arms in the Luhansk region, he added.