"Yesterday, before noon, the gangs fired six times from a single direction, the village of Kalynove, using different types of weapons, at our strong points on the Luhansk line. After 18:00 the enemy's efforts shifted to the Prymorske direction where the militants fired from 82mm mortars at Ukrainian positions near Starohnativka and Talakivka, while a 120mm mortar was used in the area of Vodiane, Pavlopil and Hnutove," the press center wrote on Facebook.

At about 21:00, the militants attacked fortified positions of the ATO forces using a Grad (Partisan) portable rocket launcher. At least 27 shells landed in the area of Shyrokine and another 15 near Vodiane, the Headquarters reports.

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As UNIAN reported earlier, the Ukrainian troops may be involved in the death of a civilian woman as a result of an altercation in the ATO zone. According to preliminary data, a conflict erupted between the military and civilians in Popasna, which resulted in two locals, a man and a woman, being wounded. The man’s wound to the leg was treated at a local hospital while the woman eventually died from wounds inflicted.

The investigation is underway, to reveal the circumstances of the crime committed, including the motives, that’s according to the HQ.