This was reported by the press center of ATO.

According to Alexander Motuzyanik, opponents during the shelling used eight times heavy weapons. In addition, in Stanichno-Lugansky district, one enemy armed provocation with the use of grenade launchers.

At the same time, the main hot spot of the Novoaydarsky district is the Crimean settlement. There the enemy widely used armored vehicles, small arms, and also fired more than 25 mortar rounds in the direction of the ATU forces, Motuzianik stressed..

"In Novozvanovka after 22:

00 within 20 minutes, the militants fired about 40 minutes, and then immediately took an artillery salvo of 15 shells, issued by the enemy," - added the press secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

It should be noted that in the Popasnyansky district the enemy became more active after sunset and immediately switched to the use of heavy weapons.

Recall, as reported by "URA-Inform", earlier in the Mariupol direction occurred the largest shelling of three directions in the ATU zone.