Separatists launch 49 attacks on Ukrainian troops

"The Ukrainian soldiers came under 120mm and 82 mm mortar fire near Pisky [12km north-west of Donetsk] and Opytne [11.5km north-west of Donetsk]," reads the statement. In Mariupol direction, the terrorists used mortars to shell Ukrainian positions in Shyrokyne (20km east of Mariupol) and other towns. In Luhansk region, the illegal armed groups used small arms, grenade launchers and heavy machine guns to fire at Trokhizbenka (33km north-west of Luhansk).