Illegal armed formations attacked Ukrainian positions in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine 12 times from 00:00 to 18:00 on December 18. This was disclosed by spokesman of the Defense Ministry for ATO oleksandr Motuzyanyk.
According to him,militants launched about 40 rockets to hit the civilian area.The number of the persons wounded in the enemy's shelling of the village of Novoluhanske, Bakhmut District of Donetsk region, carried out using Grad multiple rocket launchers, has grown to six. 22 houses have been damaged, five were on fire, two more are being extinguished.
