Ukrainian army positions in Donbas came under 31 attacks over the past day, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters wrote on Facebook on May 23 morning.
According to the report, the town of Avdiyivka and its suburbs remained under fire. Ukrainian strongholds near that populated locality were attacked by use of large-caliber machineguns, grenade launchers and 82mm mortars overnight.
The same types of weapons and anti-aircraft guns shelled Ukrainian positions near the town of Krasnohorivka.
“Last night, the situation was most complicated in the Mariupol sector, including areas near the village of Shyrokyne,” the report said.
Ukrainian positions near the village were shelled by 152mm artillery guns after a series of grenade launcher attacks.
Attacks launched near the village of Novotroyitske involved 82mm and 120mm mortars. Anti-tank missile systems were fired near the village of Pavlopil.
Five drones were seen flying over the past day. Two of them were heading for Russia’s territory.
All was relatively quiet in the Luhansk region last night, yet Ukrainian positions near the town of Schastia and the village of Sokilnyky were attacked by small arms and grenade launchers early in the morning.
