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Russian-led forces mounted 36 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in the past day, using artillery systems and mortars 12 times.

"Hostilities were most active near the villages of Luhanske, Zaitseve, Novoluhanske, Novoselivka, Novotroyitske, Bohdanivka, Hranitne and Chermalyk," the press center of Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation (JFO) said in an update on Facebook as of 07:00 Kyiv time on May 25, 2018.

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The occupiers continue to violate the norms of the International Humanitarian Law. Yesterday morning, they shelled the town of Toretsk, using 152mm artillery systems and 120mm mortars.

At 04:45 Kyiv time, the enemy started firing 152mm artillery systems at the village of Stara Mykolaivka from residential quarters of the town of Horlivka.

According to intelligence data, the enemy suffered losses: four militants were killed, while five others were wounded.