Russian-terrorist forces within the past day, May 10, fired upon the positions of the Ukrainian military in Donbas 37 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 a number of cases, when there was an immediate threat to the life and health of servicemen, the commanders decided to open an adequate fire in response.
In the Mariupol direction, militants from portable missile systems Grad-P, mortars of the caliber of 82 mm, armament of the tank, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, anti-tank grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms fired the positions of marines near Shirokino. Mortar fire 82 mm caliber terrorists covered the defenders of Krasnogorovka. From the weapons of the BMP, grenade launchers of various systems and large-caliber machine guns, the invaders were beaten at the strong points of the APU fighters near Vodyanoy. On Marines in the Gnutovo region, militants fired from anti-tank grenade launchers and small arms. Pavlopol and Novoselovka Second came under fire from machine guns of large calibers and grenade launchers.
On the Donetsk direction with 120 mm mortar fire, the invaders covered the strong points of the Ukrainian military near the Butovka mine,. Of 82-mm mortar shells, anti-tank grenade launchers and small arms, militants fired at Zaitsevo defenders, while the defenders of Avdeevka fired from 82-mm mortars and large-caliber machine guns. Under fire from the arms of infantry fighting vehicles, heavy machine guns and small arms fell Novgorod. Fire from grenade cup dischargers of various systems and machine guns of large calibers was carried out by terrorists against the APU soldiers near Kamenka. The base points near Troitsky they were fired from the BMP armament, and positions in the Peskov area - from anti-tank grenade launchers and heavy machine guns.
On the Lugansk direction under the shelling of mortars caliber 120 mm and anti-tank grenade launchers hit Novoaleksandrovka.
From the grenade cup dischargers of various systems, machine guns of large calibers and small arms, the invaders fired on the defenders of Valuisky and Novozvanovka, while the Crimean defenders were fired from automatic grenade launchers.
Recall, on the eve of the militants fired 15 times the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the day, terrorists actively used mortars of the gages banned by the Minsk accords, and near Shirokina used Grads.
12 April The Tripartite Contact Group during the meeting in Minsk confirmed the commitment to the agreements reached on March 29. However, terrorists in the Donbas did not observe the "silence" regime for a single day..