Russian-terrorist forces within the past day, April 26, shelled the positions of the Ukrainian military in the Donbas 47 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. In some cases, when there was an immediate threat to life, the Ukrainian military opened fire in response.
The ATO headquarters reported that as a result of an adequate fire response on April 25 and 26, three Russian mercenaries were liquidated, seven more militants of illegal armed formations were wounded.
In the Mariupol area, 120-mm mortar shells, armored vehicles and armored personnel carriers, grenade launchers and small arms fired at the positions of the Ukrainian military near Shirokino. The fire of mortars of the caliber of 82 mm, weapons of the BMP, grenade launchers of various systems and large-caliber machine guns, the invaders covered the strong points of the AFU near Vodyanoy. Mortars of the caliber of 82 mm terrorists also used in Berezovoye. Defenders of Maryinka they fired from the arms of the BMP, grenade launchers of various systems, machine guns of large calibers and small arms, and the defenders of Krasnogorovka, Novotroitsky and Pavlopol - from grenade launchers and small arms. The positions of the Ukrainian military in Gnutov fell under enemy shelling from machine guns of large caliber, and strong points near Chermalyk - from small arms. In Mariinka, there were enemy snipers.
On the Donetsk direction, 120-mm and 82-mm mortar shells, grenade launchers and small arms were fired by the occupants of the APU in Troitsk. Mortars of the caliber of 82 mm, machine guns of large caliber and small arms were used by the militants for shelling of the support points of the ATU forces in the Verkhnetoretsk. According to the defenders of Avdeevka, terrorists fired mortar shells of 82 mm caliber, grenade launchers of various systems and heavy machine guns, and the defenders of Peskov were fired from grenade launchers and machine guns of large caliber. Under the fire from grenade cup discharges of various systems and small arms, the positions of the Ukrainian military alongside the Major and Novgorod. In Novgorod also worked as snipers.
In the Lugansk direction, militants used mortars of 120 mm caliber, anti-tank grenade launchers and machine guns of large caliber to fire at the main points of the APU near Novoaleksandrovka. With the fire of 120-mm mortar shells, the terrorists covered Popasnaya, under the firing of mortars of 82-mm caliber, grenade launchers and heavy machine guns, the support posts of the ATU forces in Troitsky. According to the defenders of Novozvanovka, the invaders fired from grenade launchers of various systems and machine guns of large calibers, and according to the defenders of Stanitsa Luganskaya - from grenade launchers and small arms.