REUTERS

"From 18:00 Kyiv time to midnight on August 12, illegal armed groups were firing 120mm mortars on ATO forces in the village of Novhorodske near the militant-controlled city of Donetsk. The village of Pisky and the town of Avdiyivka came under enemy mortar fire twice. And at about 21:00 Kyiv time, the mercenaries started firing 152mm artillery systems on the town of Krasnohorivka. In addition, at 23:45 Kyiv time, the militants opened fire from multiple rocket launchers near Krasnohorivka in violation of the Minsk agreements," the press center said.

At 19:00 Kyiv time, the Russian proxies were firing 120mm mortars and 152mm artillery systems on the villages of Starohnativka and Chermalyk, which are not far from the Ukrainian-controlled city of Mariupol. At about 20:00 Kyiv time, they started firing mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms twice on ATO forces in the village of Krymske in Luhansk region. At 23:00 Kyiv time, they opened fire from 120mm mortars on the village of Zaitseve in the direction of Artemivsk.

After midnight on August 12, the Kremlin-backed mercenaries continued intensifying fire mainly in Donetsk region. At about 01:00 Kyiv time, they used Grad multiple rocket launchers to shell the villages of Vodiane, Opytne, Pisky, and Novoselivka.

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