REUTERS

"In the Luhansk sector, the enemy fired a 122mm artillery system on our positions near the village of Stariy Aidar in the second half of the day. The militants also used 120mm mortars against the defenders of the villages of Troyitske, Travneve and Luhanske. Moreover, the Russian-backed mercenaries opened fire from infantry fighting vehicles, grenade launchers and machine guns on the defenders of the villages of Novo-Oleksandrivka and Zaitseve," the report says.

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