The enemy has launched 54 attacks against Ukrainian forces in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in the east of the country on August 1, the ATO Headquarters said. The largest number of the attacks was recorded in the Donetsk sector.
In the Donetsk sector, militants used 120mm mortars and heavy machine-guns along the section between the towns of Avdiyivka and Krasnohorivka, and near the village of Troyitske. Further, illegal armed formations fired 82mm mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms near Avdiyivka.In the Mariupol area, even before dawn the enemy fired grenades against Ukrainian army strongholds in Novomykhailivka, according to the statement.