Militants deploy mortars and heavy artillery in Sakhanka, Bezimenne and Dzerzhynske

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According to Lysenko, the militants are firing 152mm artillery on the positions of the Ukrainian armed forces near the villages of Myrne and Berdianske. Heavy fighting is also continuing in the village of Shyrokyne.

"In the nearby villages in the occupied territories - Sakhanka, Bezimenne and Dzerzhynske - the militants have deployed a large number of mortars and heavy artillery and are actively using it," he said.

Lysenko also said that the village of Shyrokyne, which had recently been a popular resort, is now in ruins as a result of these attacks.