Over the past day, Thursday, August 17, Russian mercenary troops 27 times violated the truce. As a result of such actions, two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded.

As reported URA-Inform, referring to the press center of the headquarters of the ATU, several days in a row, the main activity of the enemy was recorded in the area of ??Avdeevskaya industrial zone. Here yesterday after six o'clock in the evening and until midnight the militants hit five times on our positions from mortars, grenade cup discharges and small arms.

In the Donetsk direction twice also under enemy fire were Ukrainian strongholds near Novoselovka Second. And about nine o'clock in the evening the militants once again fired at the houses of peaceful residents of Zaitsevo settlement from small arms.

In the Lugansk area, the fire was mainly conducted on the approaches to the Crimean, Luganskaya Stanitsa, Novoaleksandrovka.

And as a result of the bombardment of our grenade launchers in the area of ??Troitsky, one Ukrainian soldier was wounded.

Relatively quiet in the Mariupol direction at the end of the day. Only about Shirokinoy, militants used a 82-mm mortar.

Recall that the Russian mercenary troops and their subordinate militants during the past day, Wednesday, August 16, 25 times opened fire on the Ukrainian positions. As a result of such actions, one Ukrainian military. Four more fighters were injured.