Russian-terrorist forces within the past 24 hours, on April 29, fired on the positions of the Ukrainian military in Donbas 54 times. Despite the ceasefire agreement reached by the Tripartite Contact Group on April 1, provocative firing by militants of the positions of the ATU forces does not stop. In some cases, when there was an immediate threat to life, the Ukrainian military opened fire in response.
In the Mariupol direction, the militants were covered with fire from mortars of 120 mm and 82 mm caliber, grenade launchers of various systems and large-caliber machine guns Krasnogorovka. From mortars of 120 mm caliber and grenade launchers, they fired at the strong points of the Ukrainian military in the Novotroitsky area. The positions of the APU soldiers near Berezovy got under mortar fire of a caliber of 82 mm, and in the Gnutovo area - under firing from automatic grenade launchers and machine guns of large calibers. Armament of infantry fighting vehicles, anti-tank grenade launchers and machine guns of large calibers, the invaders used under Vodian and Maryinka, and small arms - near Shirokino. From the armament of armored personnel carriers and grenade launchers, the terrorists fired at the strong points of the ATU forces near Chermalyk, and from the weapons of the BMP and machine guns of large calibers - by marines near Pavlopol.
In the Donetsk direction, the occupants of 120 mm and 82 mm mortar shells, grenade launchers of various systems and large-caliber machine guns fired on Avdeevka. Defenders of Verkhnetoretsky militants were fired from grenade launchers and mortars of the caliber of 82 mm, and the defenders of the mine Butovka - from large-caliber machine guns. The positions of the Ukrainian military in the vicinity of the settlement Zaitsevo came under fire from anti-tank grenade launchers and small arms. In the vicinity of Butovka and Avdeyevka mines, enemy snipers.
In the Lugansk direction, the militants used 122 mm artillery, 120 mm and 82 mm mortars, grenade launchers and heavy machine guns to fire the positions of the APU fighters near Novotoshkovskiy. By the strongholds of the ATU forces near the Crimean militants were fired from artillery of 122 mm caliber, grenade launchers and mortars of the caliber of 82 mm. According to the defenders of Old Aidar, terrorists were beaten with mortars of 120 mm caliber, and according to the defenders of NovoAleksandrivka - from the anti-tank missile system. The grenade launchers of various systems and machine guns of large calibers were used by the invaders under Novozvanovka.
Under the bombardment of machine guns of large calibers and small arms, the positions of the Ukrainian military in the Yellow.
Recall, on the eve of the militants fired 31 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the day, terrorists actively used mortars and antiaircraft systems.
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. However, terrorists in the Donbas did not observe the "silence" regime for a single day..