Militants continue armed provocations and aimed shelling of settlements in Donbas

From 18:00 local time on Saturday until 06:00 on Sunday the Russian-backed militants continued their armed provocations and aimed fire on the Ukrainian positions, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).

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In Donetsk direction, the Russian-backed militants used  82-mm mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns and small arms to carry out unaimed shelling of Verkhniotroitske, Avdiyivka, Pisky, and in Artemivsk direction, they shelled Artemove, Zaitseve, Maiorske and Kodema using the same weapons.

It is also reported that last night the militants were shelling from automatic grenade launchers the village of Opytne for almost one hour.

Militants also used hand grenades to carry out aimed shelling at ATO positions in Zaitseve and they used small arms to shell Shyrokyne.

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