The deterioration in the area of the ATO Ukrainian military suffered losses

Three more soldiers were wounded.

The press center of the ATO headquarters reported about the situation for the past day, June 16.

As a result of combat action one Ukrainian soldier was killed. Three more defenders were injured.

“The operative situation in the ATO area remains difficult again, with signs of relative deterioration on individual parts of the contact line”, – stated in the headquarters. For the past day 67 times violated the cease-fire.

Most of the attacks fell on twilight. And almost a third of these attacks is characterized by the use fighters and artillery weapons, which banned the Minsk agreement.

In the coastal areas from 120-mm mortars shelled the fortifications of the armed forces of Ukraine near Bogdanovka. Of 82-mm mortars hit near Krasnogorovka. In addition, during the day, the invaders repeatedly fired rocket-propelled grenades and small arms of different calibers on the strong points of the armed forces of Ukraine, which are located in the area of Shirokino, Water, Pavlopol, Chermalyk, Talakivka and Novotroitsk. Only that part of the front was recorded 21 attacks.

In the direction of Donetsk – 17 attacks. Do not stop attacks of positions of forces of anti-terrorist operation in the suburb of Avdeevka.

“There is yesterday, day and night, the occupants were heavy fire by the Ukrainian defenders with tanks, mortars of various calibers and less powerful firepower. Also, with the onset of dusk invaders intensively shelled from mortars, including prohibited, our fortifications in Verkhnetoretsky, Novgorod, Lugansk and West of the Trinity,” reads the summary.

In addition, earlier in the day from grenade launchers of various modifications were being fired in the area of the Sands. And nearby experienced evening “worked” the enemy sniper.

At the direction of Lugansk recorded 29 attacks. Especially this figure increased with the coming of night. In particular, the situation has escalated again in the area of bakhmutka road, where they were fired from mortars, tank weapons, grenade launchers and small arms control points in close proximity to the Crimean and Novotoshkivske. Several times from mortars, infantry fighting vehicles and infantry weapons, the enemy also opened fire on the soldiers of the ATO forces, which keep the defense near Novoaleksandrovka. In addition, actively used weapons, mainly small arms and rocket-propelled grenades near the village of Lugansk, Donets, Trinity, Novozvanovka and Yellow.

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