"In Donetsk direction, the militants used all types of small arms and mortars of various calibers to shell the Ukrainian defenders near Avdiyivka [18km north of Donetsk], Pisky [12km north-west of Donetsk], Opytne [11.5km north-west of Donetsk]," the statement reads. The ATO troops near Luhanske (59km north-east of Donetsk) and Novhorodske (34km north of Donetsk) were shelled from grenade launchers of various systems and small arms. In Mariupol direction, the militants used heavy mortars to fire at the Ukrainian positions near Novotroitske (32km south of Donetsk), Marinka (35 km south-west of Donetsk), Pavlopol (30 km northeast of Mariupol).