On August 23, 2015, the ATO Press Center reports that during the last night (August 22, 2015), the situation in the ATO zone remained relatively calm. Russian militants minimized the use of 100mm (and higher) mortars and artillery. At the same time, illegal armed groups mainly used small arms to provoke Ukrainian soldiers.
“Though isolated facts of the Minsk Agreements violations were recorded from 6 p.m. to the midnight. The Ukrainian Army’s positions at the town of Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka village, and Dutivka were shelled with 120mm mortars by the militants,” states the ATO Press Center.
In the Luhansk region, Russian terrorists fired at the ATO forces’ strongholds near Stanytsia Luhanska village from mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns around 9 p.m. At 11 p.m., the Army’s positions at the village of Krymske were fired from a tank.
In the Artemivsk sector, the terrorists shelled Ukrainian soldiers’ positions in Popasna village with 120mm mortars at 7:30 p.m.
In the Mariupol sector, the ATO forces’ positions at the village of Hranitne have been fired from small arms between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
In general, during August 22, 2015, militants violated the cease-fire for about 78 times. The terrorists fired from an artillery (twice), mortars (12 times), and grenade launchers (30 times).
Упродовж вечора та наприкінці минулої доби – 22 серпня, ситуація в зоні АТО залишалася стабільною. Незаконні збройні фор…
Posted by Прес-центр АТО on Saturday, 22 August 2015
