"In the Donetsk direction, the enemy used grenade launchers and heavy machine guns to fire on our fortifications near Mayorske [45km north1 of Donetsk], Novhorodske [34km north of Donetsk], Luhanske [59km north-east of Donetsk], Avdiyivka [18km north of Donetsk], Marinka [35 km south-west of Donetsk], Pisky [12km north-west of Donetsk], Opytne [11.5km north-west of Donetsk] and Butovka coal mine [11.4km north-west of Donetsk]," reads the statement. The positions of the Ukrainian military in Krasnohorivka (29 km west of Donetsk) were shelled from 82mm mortars.