The situation on the demarcation line

‘The total number of shot on Ukrainian positions mines is nearly 80’. The colonel Alexander Motuzyanyk, the speaker of the Ministry of Defense for ATO has reported about it in time of briefing in the Ukrainian crisis media-center.

Mortar shellings from fighters’ side are continuing across all front on Mariupol direction.

Insurgents also use armored vehicles.

‘The biggest number of shellings was in Shirokino’, Motuzyanyk reported. The geography of the warfare become more wide. Yesterday fighters were shooting in Novomilhaylivka, Taramchuk, Bohdanivka.

There were 14 shootings from fighters’ side on Mariupol direction, in particular 8 were from heavy weapons.

During last day 1 Ukrainian military dead and 1 got injured as a result of warfare.

On Luhansk direction the main battles were on Bakhmut track and on the South from it.

Fighters used mortars in time of every shelling in the evening between 6 pm and 8 pm. Nearly 50 mines were shot at Ukrainian positions.

‘Later occupants one more time violated silence mode in Stanitsa Luhanska. It was calm near Popasnaya’, speaker ATO noted.  

There were 6 shellings from fighters’ side on Luhansk direction, 5 were from heavy weapons.

Members of gangs keep to hold the point shellings tactics of main Ukrainian positions on Donetsk direction.

‘In particular, strong mortar shelling from the side of enemy took place in Luhanske. 2 shootouts were in Avdeevka. Also Troistke, Zaitseve and Opytne each of them have got one hostile fire’, the colonel Alexander Motuzyanyk told.

There were 5 shellings from fighters’ side on Donetsk direction, 1 was from heavy weapons.

According to words of Motuzyanyk SSU staff has found out weapon cache in Mariinka district of Donetsk region. It consisted 10 000 ammos and antitank missiles.

‘It was located in the forest line not far from frontline’, speaker ATO added.

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