Avdiyivka in the Donetsk region, for previous 24 hours remained the epicenter of the most intense enemy fire. Positions of Ukrainian military in this area were shelled by pro-Russian Russian separatist groups for over 12 hours who released 135 mines of various caliber and 50 tank shells. This was reported today by spokesman of the Ministry of Defense for ATO Andriy Lysenko. According to him, due to the intense fire some capital buildings and steel structures on the position of Butivka Mine were destroyed. Almost every day militants shell this territory from the occupied village of Spartak.