Militants arrange armed provocations in ATO area

Militants arrange armed provocations in ATO area

The militants arranged two armed provocations near Novozvanivka and two more - in the village of Lobachove in the Luhansk sector. This was disclosed by Ukrainian Defense Ministry's spokesman Oleksandr Motuzianyk Heavy weaponry was not used there. Ceasefire violations were recorded in the area of Novo-Oleksandrivka and Stanytsia Luhanska. Each provocation lasted no more than ten minutes.

In the Donetsk sector, the Defense Ministry's speaker said, the enemy opened fire from 82-mm mortars on the Svitlodarsk bulge, firing 16 shells on Ukrainian positions near the village of Luhanske. In other "hot spots" (Avdiyivka and Horlivka area) the enemy fired from small arms and rocket-propelled grenades.

No Ukrainian soldier has been killed or injured as a result of hostilities in the Anti-Terrorist operation (ATO) zone in the past 24 hours.