Ukrainian army reports 82 attacks on its positions in Donbas

According to the report, there were four attacks by use of artillery, 32 by use of mortars, and 63 by use of grenade launchers and small arms. The press center noted that tensions were worst in the Donetsk area. The town of Opytne was being shelled in the period from 6 p.m. till midnight by 120mm mortars, armored personnel carriers' weapons, grenade launchers and small arms. Mortars shelled Ukrainian servicemen in Pisky. Ukrainian positions in Krasnohorivka were attacked by artillery at about 11 p.m. The report alleged an attack by Grad rocket launchers on Avdiyivka residential areas at 11:07 p.m. In the Luhansk region, a Ukrainian army stronghold in Stanytsia Luhanska was shelled by mortars, grenade launchers and small arms in the period from around 9 p.m. till midnight. Shyrokyne near Mariupol was attacked at about 7 p.m., and 122mm artillery shelled Novotroitske at around midnight. In the Artemivsk sector, anti-tank missiles and mortars shelled a Ukrainian army unit stationed in Luhanske. Hostile activity subsided in the period from midnight till 6 a.m. on Wednesday, the ATO press center said.