Militants of Russian-terrorist gangs continue to violate agreements on de-escalation of conflict in eastern Ukraine. The situation in the area of ??the ATO remains tense, but controlled by Ukrainian soldiers. This was reported in the press center of the headquarters of the ATU.

Since the beginning of the day, the gangs have opened fire 32 times on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, however, the intensity of the use of heavy artillery weapons by the enemy has decreased relatively.

Primorsky direction. This section of the contact line today recorded the largest number of violations by militants of the regime of non-use of weapons. In the morning, about 6. 00 hours, illegal armed formations fired upon our positions in the Lebedinsky area from mortar shells of 120 mm caliber and automatic grenade launchers. A few later, several enemy mines of the same caliber exploded near our stronghold near Vodyanoy. From small arms and grenade launchers of various modifications of the gang formation, several times during the day, defensive defenses of Ukrainian defenders near Chermalyk, Shirokino, Pavlopol, Talakivka, Novotroitsky, Staragonovka, Slavnaya and Maryinka. In addition, at Chermalyk mercenaries fired from an anti-tank missile system, according to the protectors of Marinka - from the armored vehicles of the BMP, and according to the Ukrainian soldiers who keep the defense at Novomikhailovka - from the anti-aircraft installation.

Donetsk direction. The enemy made most of the attacks in the suburb of Avdeevka. On that site, as well as in the area of ??Verkhnetoretsky, Sand and Experimental, the militants used grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms. The positions of the ATU forces near Lugansk, that on the Svetlodarskaya arc, the bandits fired from the arms of infantry fighting vehicles and infantry weapons.

Luhansk direction. On this part of the front the situation has substantially stabilized. However, the pro-Russian bandit formations continue to use weapons from the Minsk accords from time to time. In particular, at the beginning of the day the enemy fired several 120 and 82 mm mines at our positions near Katerinovka. Also in the morning of 82-mm mortars of the gang formed fire in the area of ??Novoaleksandrovka.

Since the beginning of the day, there has been no loss among the soldiers of the ATU forces.