Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 24 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.
At the end of the day, the enemy's fire activity shifted from the Donetsk line to the Mariupol and Luhansk sectors. Ukrainian troops responded to the enemy asymmetrically 16 times, the headquarters wrote on Facebook.
In the evening, the militants opened fire from 120mm and 82mm mortars, as well as automatic grenade launchers near the village of Novo-Oleksandrivka in the Luhansk sector. They also fired a 120mm mortar on the Ukrainian positions stationed outside the village of Katerynivka, while using anti-tank grenade launchers near the town of Popasna.
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In the Donetsk sector, the enemy opened fire from infantry weapons thrice on the Ukrainian fortified positions near the village of Zaitseve. The occupiers also used heavy machine guns in the vicinity of Maryinka.