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Russian-backed militants have fired artillery, mortars, tanks, machine guns and small arms on the positions of the Ukrainian armed forces in the last 24 hours, the press center of Ukraine’s Anti-Terrorist Operation reported on its Facebook page on Tuesday.
According to the report, the militants fired on the towns of Avdiivka and Shastya, and on the villages of Opytne, Pisky, Vodiane, Verhniotoretske, Veselivka Druha, Novolaspa, and Starohnativka.
"After midnight, the militants fired only 120mm mortars. They hit the villages of Pisky, Hranitne, and the town of Avdiivka. The militants also fired 152mm artillery on the village of Kamianka," the report says.
Near Artemivsk, the militants fired on the villages of Lozove and Hranitne.
The militants also attacked once in the Mariupol area, the report says.
"For almost one hour, the militants were firing 82mm mortars on the village of Shyrokyne, but received the appropriate response and almost immediately began to ask for a ceasefire. For the first time, our military had a quiet night in the area of Luhansk," the press center said.
"During this period, the Ukrainian army recorded reconnaissance overflights by enemy drones near Smile-Krymske, Smile-Nyznie, Nyznie-Zolote, Mariupol-Milakyne, Frunze-Krymske and Shyrokyne," the ATO headquarters said.
"The militants were also engaged in barbarism – they fired on residential areas. At night, they pushed forward as close as possible to our positions and fired on the town of Komsomolsk, pretending that it was the Ukrainian military who fired on the town, which is controlled by the militants. In addition, the militants fired on the villages of Hranitne and Vodiane," the report reads.