Militants step up attacks at Mariupol

Militants step up attacks at Mariupol

There had been 17 enemy attacks on the Ukrainian army positions in the east of the country,  the enemy used small arms, large-caliber machineguns and grenade launchers, according to the press center of the Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).

Militants  used 82mm mortars to shell Ukrainian troops not far from the town of Krasnohorivka, it said.In addition, the enemy fired grenades and small arms against Ukrainian positions near the village of Shyrokyne close to the strategic port city of Mariupol in Donetsk region.