Militants attack areas near Mariupol with Grad rockets, mortars and artillery

Russian-backed militants in the east of Ukraine have attacked Ukrainian forces near Mariupol 10 times in the last day, and the shelling is still continuing, the press officer of sector M (Mariupol) Volodymyr Vivat told journalists of the local news agency 0629 on Monday.

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"Yesterday, Ukrainian positions were fired on by artillery near the village of Novoselivka, and by mortars near the village of Mykolaivka," he said.

"Ukrainian armed forces near the village of Chermalyk were also attacked five times in the last day. The militants fired Grad multiple rocket launchers on the positions of Ukrainian army near the village of Hnutove."

"No Ukrainian soldiers have been killed as a result of military clashes," he said.

According to the report, the five drone flights have been recorded in the last 24 hours. One of them was shot down at 2115 near the village of Mykolaivka and fell on the left bank of the Pavlopilskiy reservoir.

"At the moment the shelling of the positions of the Ukrainian armed forces is still continuing from the north-east of Mariupol," Vivat said.

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