Militants shell Ukrainian positions 77 times over past 24 hours

Militants shell Ukrainian positions 77 times over past 24 hours

"From 18:00 till midnight, the Ukrainian positions in Krasnohorivka [29 km west of Donetsk] came under militants' fire from 120mm mortars. At 21:00, our stronghold in Opytne [11.5km north-west of Donetsk] was shelled from tank, anti-aircraft mount, and small arms,” the report reads. In addition, according to the ATO headquarters, from 18:30 to 19:06, the militants used 120mm mortars to shell civilian residential buildings in Krasnohorivka. At 22:20, the civilian neighborhoods of Avdiyivka (18km north of Donetsk) were shelled from 122mm artillery. In Luhansk region, the Ukrainian stronghold in Shchastia (23km north of Luhansk) came under mortar fire at 21:30.