Militants intensify attacks on ATO forces overnight, fire 82mm mortars

The combined Russian-separatist forces significantly increased attacks on Ukrainian army positions in the Donetsk, Artemivsk and Luhansk sectors from 18:00 to 06:00 on December 7, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Monday.

The militants fired 82mm mortars in the direction of the villages of Novhorodske, Verkhniotoretske, and Zhovte, as well as the town of Krasnohorivka, the report says.

In addition, they fired different types of grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms on the towns of Avdiyivka, Krasnohorivka and Maryinka, and the villages of Verkhniotoretske, Opytne and Pisky. In the Artemivsk sector, the occupiers opened fire on the villages of Zaitseve, Leninske, Maiorske, Zolote and Luhanske.

The mercenaries carried out five attacks directly on the Ukrainian positions in the Luhansk sector. They fired 82mm mortars on the village of Sokilnyky. In the Donetsk sector, the Russian proxies fired mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns and small arms on Maryinka, Verkhniotoretske, Novhorodske and Pisky, the press center said.

In general, there were 51 attacks of the Russian-backed militants on ATO forces overnight.