Russian proxies attack Ukrainian troops 105 times overnight

The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 105 times overnight, using banned artillery systems 10 times, mortars 28 times, tank shells and infantry fighting vehicles seven times and small arms and rocket-propelled grenades 65 times, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on its Facebook page on Friday.

"From 18:00 on July 30 to midnight on July 31, the militants violated the ceasefire 46 times. At 18:00 Kyiv time, they fired infantry fighting vehicles, and at 19:15 Kyiv time they fired 120mm mortars on our positions near the village of Opytne in Donetsk region. In the same sector, the criminals had been firing 122mm artillery on ATO forces near the village of Vodiane from the city of Donetsk for about 20 hours. They also fired 152mm artillery on the village of Yasnobrodivka. From 22:00 on July 30 to midnight on July 31, the illegal armed groups fired tank shells on our fortified position in the town of Maryinka," the report says.

The Kremlin-backed mercenaries were also active in the direction of Artemivsk. The enemy fired 122mm artillery, infantry fighting vehicles, 120mm mortars on ATO forces in the village of Luhanske. At about 22:00 Kyiv time, the militants also fired 120mm mortars on the village of Stanytsia Luhanska.

"Another confirmation of the militants’ lack of principles was the shelling of the village of Hostre on July 30. At 20:25 Kyiv time, from the mine of Abakumova (the district in the city of Donetsk), the Russian invaders fired 152mm artillery on Hostre, endangering the civilian population of Donbas," the press center said.

After midnight, on July 31, the militants continued their armed provocations, using mainly small arms.