Kyiv says new attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas

According to the press center, 82mm mortars shelled Ukrainian army positions near the village of Triokhizbenka in the Luhansk area. In turn, the press service of the Luhansk regional military-civilian administration said a combined Ukrainian stronghold came under mortar attack in the village on Wednesday evening. There has been no information about casualties or damage. Luhansk regional military-civilian administration head Heorhiy Tuka said they would propose the shutting down of a checkpoint in Stanytsia Luhanska in the event that the militants continue to shell the area. The army operation press center added that the enemy conducted random fire by use of grenade launchers and small arms on Pisky, Avdiyivka and Troitske in the Donetsk region. Provocative fire on Ukrainian positions was observed in the Bohdanivka area near Mariupol. The sound of loud explosions was audible near Horlivka, on lands uncontrolled by the Ukrainian authorities, the press center said. It was also reported that military sappers continued to clean up the aftereffects of a fire that broke out at an ammunition depot in Svatove in the Luhansk region on Tuesday of the previous week. About one hectare of land was cleaned up on Wednesday and 3,418 explosive devices were destroyed.