Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

"Russian occupation troops continue to violate the ceasefire along the entire contact line. Compared with the past day, the number of enemy's armed provocations has increased. The illegal armed groups attacked the Ukrainian fortified positions 22 times, repeatedly employing mortars of various calibers," the report says.

In the Luhansk sector, the enemy lobbed about two dozen mortar mines near the villages of Lozove, Triokhizbenka and Krymske. The outskirts of the villages of Luhanske, Lobacheve, Lopaskyne and Zaitseve were shot at with light infantry weapons.

The occupiers also used small arms and heavy machine guns against the defenders of the villages of Malynove, Travneve, Zhovte, Novo-Oleksandrivka and Stanytsia Luhanska.

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In the Donetsk sector, the enemy focused its main fire activity in the Mariupol sector. Occupiers repeatedly fired grenade launchers and small arms on the defenders of the villages of Vodiane and Hnutove.

Read alsoU.S. envoy tells of most probable scenario of Donbas developmentsMoreover, militants opened fire from 120mm mortars and infantry fighting vehicles near the village of Pavlopil.

The Russian-backed mercenaries also carried out target attacks from light infantry weapons and heavy machine guns on the Ukrainian fortified positions near the towns of Maryinka and Krasnohorivka.

Read alsoRussia's consulate in Kyiv brokers real estate deals in occupied Donbas (Video)Furthermore, the Ukrainian positions near the town of Avdiyivka and the village of Kamianka came under fire from grenade launchers of various types, heavy machine guns, and small arms. Ukrainian troops returned fire 13 times, reads the report.