"The enemy violated the ceasefire 35 times, used mortars 14 times," the ATO press center wrote on Facebook on Saturday evening.
Pro-Russian militants also attacked the positions of Ukrainian troops along the line of contact 11 times, using automatic and hand-held grenade launchers and small arms.
The ATO forces near the town of Avdiyivka in Donetsk region were under fire – militants were using anti-tank grenade launchers, 82mm- and 120mm-caliber mortars, and 122mm- and 152mm-caliber artillery systems.
In Luhansk region, the enemy used 120mm-caliber mortars, automatic grenade launchers and heavy guns to shell Ukrainian troops near the village of Krymske, the town of Schastia, the village of Novotoshkivske and near the Proletarska coalmine in Luhansk region. From 1430 to 1435 Kyiv time on Saturday, pro-Russian militants fired four anti-tank guided missiles near the Proletarska coalmine, one of them hit an old woman near her house's garden. The woman died from a wound.
The ATO press center stresses that "militants continue to cynically violate the Minsk agreements, firing on civilians more frequently."
The press service of Hennadiy Moskal, who heads Luhansk regional military and civil administration, reported earlier on Saturday about a fight in the village of Krymske in Novoaidarsky district close to Bakhmutka motorway, which started at 1510 Kyiv time on Saturday. There is no information if the fight has ended.
"Ukrainian troops' fortified strong points near a TB dispensary building are being shelled from grenade launchers, mortars and small arms, including heavy machine guns and high-speed cannons of infantry combat vehicles. Fire is coming from the side of the militant-occupied village of Sokilnyky. Locals who have been working in their gardens have hidden in houses and basements. No reports about casualties have been available at the moment," Moskal reported at 1520 Kyiv time on Saturday.
