Russian proxies attack ATO troops in Donbas with grenade launchers, heavy guns

Russian-backed militants used grenade launchers and heavy guns to shell the Ukrainian positions deployed in the village of Zaitseve and the town of Schastia in Donbas on Friday, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).

The press center said that the terrorists continued shelling the ATO positions on November 13.

"Using grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, and small arms, they were shelling Zaitseve and Schastia. Militants also attacked our positions near the village of Opytne [close to the ruined Donetsk airport], the villages of Mayorske and Zaitseve [both are located near the militant-controlled town of Horlivka in Donetsk region] with large-caliber machine guns and small arms five times," the ATO press center said.