The invaders fired mortars of various calibers 21 times in the direction of the villages of Zaitseve, Opytne, Leninske, Stanytsia Luhanska, Novotroyitske, Butivka coal mine and the town of Avdiyivka.
"In addition to these types of weapons, the enemy used the rest of its arsenal 30 times on the Ukrainian defenders of the industrial zone," the headquarters said.
The militants also fired from infantry fighting vehicles, grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms on the Ukrainian positions in the villages of Novotroyitske and Luhanske, as well as cannon artillery close to our positions in the village of Bohdanivka.
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