REUTERS

The activity of Russian proxies has increased in the last few days, the press center said.

"At 00:25 Kyiv time on Monday, the militants started shelling the ATO forces near the village of Pisky [close to the destroyed Donetsk airport] and the attack lasted for half an hour. At 03:30 they started firing near the village of Novotroitske. At 04:30 the Kremlin-controlled gangs opened intense fire from the side of the village of Kalynivka on the village of Luhanske in the Donetsk sector, using 152mm- and 122mm-caliber artillery systems and 120mm-caliber mortars. The village of Luhanske itself was under 122mm artillery fire from 05:30 to 06:15 local time," the press center said.

The attack on Luhanske was stopped thanks to efforts of the Ukrainian members of the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire and Stabilization of the Parties' Demarcation Line.

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The militants used banned weapons to fire on the villages of Svitlodarsk, Lozove, Rozsadky, and Sanzharivka.

"Using the harassing fire tactics, the criminals were firing small arms on the ATO forces near the towns of Krasnohorivka and Maryinka, the villages of Pisky, Stanytsia Luhanska, Opytne, Berezove, Kirove, Leninske, and Mayorske," the press center said.

"The defenders of Ukraine are firmly holding their defensive positions, resolutely repel enemy attacks, and are ready for any scenario of developments. In particular, they are undergoing combat training at the sites of their deployment," the press center said.