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The units of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) forces have freed from militants the urban village of Nov Svit in Donetsk region, and stable life is being restored there, the ATO press center has reported on its page on Facebook.

As for the situation in the town of Shakhtarsk, the press center
reported that “the superior forces of the adversary fired their weapons
on our troops from an ambush, taking advantage of the terrain conditions
in the town of Shakhtarsk. The units, which were being redeployed at
the moment, sustained losse.