Russian proxies violate Minsk accords, fire large-caliber weapons on ATO forces

The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine about 40 times overnight, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook early Friday.

"The situation in the Donbas conflict zone remains tense but stable, and completely controlled by our defenders," the press center said.

It is noted that the militants continued to fire on ATO positions near the occupied city of Donetsk. In particular, they fired small arms, machine guns and grenade launchers on the villages of Opytne, Pisky, Novhorodske, and the town of Krasnohorivka. A few dozen of 82mm and 120mm mortar shells fell and exploded on the outskirts of Krasnohorivka.

The Kremlin-backed mercenaries fired 120mm mortars on our positions near the village of Zaitseve in the Artemivsk sector. They also fired heavy machine guns and grenade launchers there overnight. In addition, a sniper was working there.

The press center has not received any information on casualties among the Ukrainian military in the last day.