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The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 71 times in the past 24 hours with three Ukrainian soldiers reported as killed in action (KIA) and 24 wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.
The situation remains most tense in the Donetsk sector near the town of Avdiyivka. Russia's hybrid military forces used 152mm and 122mm artillery systems, 120mm and 82mm mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms there. They also repeatedly fired the same types of weapons on the villages of Zaitseve, Troyitske, Kamianka, Novotroyitske, Luhanske, Nevelske and Opytne. Avdiyivka and the village of Pisky were attacked from tanks during the day.
Read alsoEscalation near Avdiyivka: 2 KIA, 5 WIA Monday morningIn the Mariupol sector, the militants opened fire from 152mm and 122mm artillery systems on the village of Vodiane and the town of Krasnohorivka. They fired mortars of various calibers on Krasnohorivka, and the villages of Novotroyitske, Novohryhorivka, Talakivka and Lebedynske. The enemy also used rocket-propelled grenades and small arms in the villages of Pavlopil, Talakivka, Lebedynske, Hnutove, Shyrokyne and Vodiane. Additionally, Novohryhorivka came under fire from infantry fighting vehicles.
Read alsoUkraine reports 5 KIA, 9 WIA in Donbas in past day amid escalationIn the Luhansk sector, the occupiers fired mortars on the town of Popasna, and the villages of Troyitske and Novo-Oleksandrivka, as well as rocket-propelled grenades on the villages of Novozvanivka and Stanytsia Luhanska.