This was during a briefing, said the speaker of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on ATO Alexander Motuzianik.

The report says that at dawn illegal armed groups fired artillery shells at Vodyan and Shirokino. After that, firing from the enemy occurred in Pavlopol, Gnutovo, Talakivka and Lebedinsky.

According to Motuzyanik, in Talakovka and Lebedinsky mortars were used. Near Dokuchaevsk in Novotroitsk and Bogdanovka, militants opened fire from grenade launchers and small arms.

Earlier, URA-Inform reported that 48 times militants shelled Ukrainian positions over the past day.