Militants attack Ukrainian army positions 127 times overnight

Militants attack Ukrainian army positions 127 times overnight

"The last day in the Donbas conflict zone differed from the previous days of the past weeks by the largest number of militant attacks on our positions. From 18:00 Kyiv time to midnight on August 10, the enemy was intensifying fire along the demarcation line. At about 18:00 Kyiv time on August 9, the occupiers fired mortars and small arms on our fortified position near the village of Novhorodske not far from the militant-held city of Donetsk," the report says. The situation in the Artemivsk sector is also tense. From 21:40 to 22:00, the militants fired Grad multiple rocket launchers from the village of Kalynove on ATO forces in the village of Troitske. At 21:45 Kyiv time, they also were firing Grad rockets on the Ukrainian troops in the village of Rozsadky. "After midnight, the militants continued intensifying fire in Donetsk region," the press center said.