25 Oct 2016 18:42

Ukrainian military report shell attacks in Donbas

KYIV. Oct 25 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian forces' positions in Donbas have been shelled by hostile armed formations 12 times since this Tuesday began, the Ukrainian military press center said.

In the Luhansk area, there was no shelling; eight shell attacks took place in the Mariupol area, four in the Donetsk, near the town of Avdiivka where the enemy simultaneously used large-caliber machineguns, various grenade launchers and mortars of the 120 millimeter caliber, the press center said.

In the Mariupol area, small arms, machineguns, grenade launchers and sniper fire were used near Starohnativka and Maryinka; mortars of the 82 millimeter caliber, near Krasnohorivka and Vodiane, according to the statement.