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According to the ATO press center, during the evening of Aug. 20 situation in the ATO region remained stable. The dynamics of armed provocations by illegal armed terroristic groups has decreased. The Russian-backed terrorists showed greatest activity in the area of Donetsk. In the late evening they shelled the villages Pisky, Krasnohorivka, Troitske, Novobakhmutivka, and Avdiivka, using 82 mm and 120 mm mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, 122-mm artillery and small arms.
Near Mariupol the militants used 120 mm mortars and 152 mm artillery. On the Artemivsk direction, they shelled ATO positions with 152 mm artillery in the villages Rozivka and Druzba.
In total, over the day of Aug. 20, Russian-backed terrorists violated Minsk agreements for 67 times. 51 firings were registered near Donetsk.
From midnight to 6 am, Aug. 21, the Russian-backed terrorists have increased the armed provocations. They shelled our positions with 152 mm artillery in the villages Starohnativka, Lebedynske, Prohorivka and Bohdanivka.
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In Kirovograd on the facade of secondary school number 8 was unveiled a plaque soldier Ruslan Slobodyanyuk, arrow 72 Mechanised Brigade. The warrior died while performing military duty near the village Starohnativka, Volnovask district, Donetsk region, in April this year.
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Two Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas in last day : UNIAN news
No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but two were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
"Over the last day, we haven’t lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but two were injured as a result of military clashes," he said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 67 times overnight, including 51 times in the area of the militant stronghold of Donetsk.
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The Staff of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in eastern Ukraine has reported that the situation in Donbas has been escalating and the enemy has attempted to attacked Ukrainian troops in the Artemivsk sector, the ATO press center wrote on Facebook.
"The situation in the ATO zone from midnight to 18:00 Kyiv time today has somewhat worsened," it said.
"The enemy started shelling the village of Opytne, the towns of Maryinka, Avdiyivka and Krasnohorivka, and the village of Pisky, which is near the city of Donetsk [close to the destroyed Donetsk airport], several times during the day, using small arms, mortars and grenade launchers," the press center said.
In particular, one Ukrainian defended post in Maryinka came under fire from 05:20 to 08:00 on Friday – the enemy used a tank, a mortar, a grenade launcher, and small arms.
The illegal armed formations were also active near the Ukrainian-controlled city of Mariupol. At around midnight, the Russian proxies used 152mm artillery systems to shell the village of Prokhorivka, near the town of Volnovakha twice. "And almost at 4:00 enemy artillery systems started shelling our positions in the villages of Starohnativka, Lebedynske and Bohdanivka. In the morning, the village of Vynohradne came under 122mm artillery fire. What is more, the criminals opened fire from 152mm artillery systems on our troops in Starohnativka at about 08:00, while 122mm artillery followed them at 09:00 and 10:00 local time," the press center said.
In total, illegal armed formations violated the truce in Donbas 58 times from midnight to 18:00 on Friday.
The ATO forces also managed to repel a militant attack in the Artemivsk sector.
"At 11:35, an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group attacked a Ukrainian defended point in the Artemivsk sector, trying bypass it.
"Following a skirmish, the enemy had to retreat," the press center said.
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Near Mariupol the militants used 120 mm mortars and 152 mm artillery. On the Artemivsk direction, they shelled ATO positions with 152 mm artillery in the villages Rozivka and Druzba.
In total, over the day of Aug. 20, Russian-backed terrorists violated Minsk agreements for 67 times. 51 firings were registered near Donetsk.
From midnight to 6 am, Aug. 21, the Russian-backed terrorists have increased the armed provocations. They shelled our positions with 152 mm artillery in the villages Starohnativka, Lebedynske, Prohorivka and Bohdanivka.
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In Kirovograd on the facade of secondary school number 8 was unveiled a plaque soldier Ruslan Slobodyanyuk, arrow 72 Mechanised Brigade. The warrior died while performing military duty near the village Starohnativka, Volnovask district, Donetsk region, in April this year.
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Two Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas in last day : UNIAN news
No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but two were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
"Over the last day, we haven’t lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but two were injured as a result of military clashes," he said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 67 times overnight, including 51 times in the area of the militant stronghold of Donetsk.
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The Staff of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in eastern Ukraine has reported that the situation in Donbas has been escalating and the enemy has attempted to attacked Ukrainian troops in the Artemivsk sector, the ATO press center wrote on Facebook.
"The situation in the ATO zone from midnight to 18:00 Kyiv time today has somewhat worsened," it said.
"The enemy started shelling the village of Opytne, the towns of Maryinka, Avdiyivka and Krasnohorivka, and the village of Pisky, which is near the city of Donetsk [close to the destroyed Donetsk airport], several times during the day, using small arms, mortars and grenade launchers," the press center said.
In particular, one Ukrainian defended post in Maryinka came under fire from 05:20 to 08:00 on Friday – the enemy used a tank, a mortar, a grenade launcher, and small arms.
The illegal armed formations were also active near the Ukrainian-controlled city of Mariupol. At around midnight, the Russian proxies used 152mm artillery systems to shell the village of Prokhorivka, near the town of Volnovakha twice. "And almost at 4:00 enemy artillery systems started shelling our positions in the villages of Starohnativka, Lebedynske and Bohdanivka. In the morning, the village of Vynohradne came under 122mm artillery fire. What is more, the criminals opened fire from 152mm artillery systems on our troops in Starohnativka at about 08:00, while 122mm artillery followed them at 09:00 and 10:00 local time," the press center said.
In total, illegal armed formations violated the truce in Donbas 58 times from midnight to 18:00 on Friday.
The ATO forces also managed to repel a militant attack in the Artemivsk sector.
"At 11:35, an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group attacked a Ukrainian defended point in the Artemivsk sector, trying bypass it.
"Following a skirmish, the enemy had to retreat," the press center said.
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