Russian-terrorist forces within the past day, April 17, fired on the positions of the Ukrainian military in Donbas 32 times. Despite the ceasefire agreement reached by the Tripartite Contact Group on April 1, provocative shelling by the militants of the positions of the ATU forces does not stop, the situation worsens.

Epicenter of the fire confrontation continues to be the Mariupol direction. Here militants were covered with mortar fire of 120 mm caliber and fire from the arms of the BMP of the Ukrainian military near Novogrigorovka. According to Chermalyk's defenders, the invaders fired mortar shells of 82 mm caliber, and in the Marinka area - from large-caliber machine guns. By the Marines near Vodyanoy, the militants were beaten out of the arms of the BMP, anti-tank grenade launchers and heavy machine guns. And from the grenade cup dischargers of various systems and small arms, the fighters of the APU were fired near Shirokino, Talakovka and Pavlopol. In Talakivka and Vodian, enemy snipers.

In the Donetsk direction, the invaders used mortars of the caliber of 82 mm, grenade launchers and machine guns of large caliber, of which Avdeevka was fired. From anti-tank grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms, militants fired at the Butovka mine. Fire from machine guns of large caliber and small arms terrorists covered Kamenka.

On the Lugansk direction, militants from automatic grenade launchers and mortars of the caliber of 82 mm fired at the Ukrainian military near Katerinovka.

And from anti-tank grenade launchers fired at the strong points of the APU fighters near Novoaleksandrovka.

As previously reported, on the eve of the militants fired on 15 positions of fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The most fierce battles were fought in the Mariupol direction.

On April 12, the Tripartite Contact Group during the meeting in Minsk confirmed the commitment to the agreements reached on March 29 on a complete ceasefire on the eve of the Easter holidays.