Ukrainian troops in Donbas were attacked 79 times in the last day, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters reported.
Ukrainian troops stationed near Kominternove, Hnutove, Shyrokyne, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Mayorsk also came under mortar fire.ATO forces near Hranitne, Novhorodske, Opytne, Pisky, Avdiyivka and Butivka coal mine were shelled by the enemy with the use of grenade launchers and large-caliber machine-guns.
ATO headquarters press officer Andiy Zadubynnyi reported that Ukrainian soldiers repulsed two attacks of the enemy in Mariupol direction. Sabotage enemy groups tried to break into the rear near Mykolaicka and Novotroitske.
