Ukrainian army positions in Donbas attacked 11 times – Kyiv

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KYIV. March 31 (Interfax) – Militia forces attacked the Ukrainian army’s positions in the south-east of Ukraine 11 times from 6:00 p.m. to midnight on March 30, the army operation press center reported on Tuesday morning.

“The situation in the east of Ukraine did not change drastically overnight. The number of shelling instances on the part of illegal armed units continues to gradually decline,” it said.

However, certain groups, “which effectively do not report to anyone”, continue to stage occasional armed provocations along the frontline, the press center said.

At 6:00 p.m. on Monday, militia forces fired 82-millimeter mortars against the Ukrainian army’s checkpoint, located near the village of Sokolnyky in the Luhansk region. A checkpoint of Ukrainian government forces near the town of Krymske was attacked at 6:20 p.m.

At 7:20 p.m. and 7:50 p.m., militia forces fired 120-millimeter mortars against the south-western outskirts of Shyrokine village near Mariupol, the press center said.

On all these occasions, Ukrainian troops only returned fire, it said.

 

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