Militants shelled the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces 52 times in the last 24 hours

28 April 2017, 10:06 | Ukraine 
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Over the past day, militants shelled the positions of the Ukrainian military 52 times. Three Ukrainian servicemen injured.

In the Mariupol direction, Ukrainian positions in the Vodian district were fired from mortars of 120 mm and 82 mm caliber, arms of infantry fighting vehicles and grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms. Near the Gnutov militants were fired from mortars of 120-mm caliber, arms of infantry fighting vehicles, grenade launchers, machine guns of large calibers and small arms, and near Maryinka from 82-mm mortars, arms of infantry fighting vehicles and grenade launchers of various systems. By Ukrainian positions near Novotroitskogo they shot from grenade cup dischargers of various systems and small arms, and near Shirokinoy from the arms of an armored personnel carrier, large-caliber machine guns and small arms. According to the positions in the areas of settlements of Pavlopol and Krasnogorovka, the militants fired from grenade launchers and machine guns of large calibers, and along the strong points near Novoselovka - from small arms. Near Pavlopol and Marinka there were snipers of militants.

In the Donetsk direction, the militants fired near Avdeevka from 122-mm artillery, 120-mm and 82-mm mortar shells, grenade launchers of various systems and large-caliber machine guns. The Ukrainian positions near Mironovsky were fired from mortars of 82 mm caliber, arms of infantry fighting vehicles, grenade launchers and machine guns of large calibers. Near Zaitsevoy and Kamenka, militants used 82-mm mortars, heavy machine guns and small arms, and near Verkhnetoretsky - BMP weapons and machine guns of large calibers. By Ukrainian positions near Peskov, militants fired from anti-tank grenade launchers.

On the Lugansk direction near the Crimean militants were fired from 120 mm mortar shells, grenade launchers of various systems, heavy machine guns and small arms. Ukrainian positions near Katerinovka were fired from 82-mm mortars and grenade launchers. Near the village of Lugansk and Sizoi militants fired from grenade launchers of various systems, and near Valuisky from small arms.

Recall, on March 29, the Tripartite Contact Group in Minsk agreed on the introduction of the regime of a complete ceasefire in the ATU zone from April 1, as well as the withdrawal of forces and assets from Luganskaya Stanitsa.

Since the announcement of the silence regime in the ATU zone, militants have been violating it daily, including actively using the types of weapons prohibited by the Minsk accords.

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