"A soldier from a mechanized brigade whose unit has been performing tasks in the Donetsk sector has been killed in an attack on the forces of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) near Butivka coal mine, which was mounted by the enemy with the use of 120mm and 82mm mortars," the press center of the ATO Headquarters reported on Wednesday evening.
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They used 120mm and 82mm mortars to shell Ukrainian positions near the villages of Hnutove and Vodiane in addition to Butivka. The towns of Maryinka and Avdiyivka also came under 82mm mortar fire, it said.
