The situation in the zone ATO has deteriorated: more than one year.

The separatists have used heavy weapons.

At the end of the day on 16 August, the situation in the area of the ATO continued to deteriorate, according to the headquarters of the special operation. From the use of grenade launchers and small arms, the separatists increasingly heavy weapons.

“So in the coastal areas from 18 o’clock until nearly midnight, militants fired mortars, grenade launchers and APCS are our strong points near Starognatovki. In addition, in the course of this confrontation, the enemy used a tank and released at least 16 artillery shells of 152 mm caliber. As a result of these attacks one of our military got wounds”, – is told in the message.

The most hot was the atmosphere of the night in the area of Avdeyevka industrial zone. There with 18 hours five times fired at our defenders with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades. In response, the Ukrainian units were covered with the enemy’s heavy fire, which greatly prevailed. Unfortunately, as a result of these confrontations one soldier was killed and another one injured.

“In addition, yesterday at the Donetsk direction the militants violated the silence regime during operation of the representatives of the International Committee of the red cross, opened fire on the houses of civilians in the village of zaitsevo. Almost immediately there was a fire. Ukrainian military arrived to help the locals put out the fire, the criminals also fired. But our soldiers, knowing that the enemy deliberately provoke a confrontation, return fire was not opened, because in the occupied part of the village inhabited civil work and representatives of the humanitarian organization,” the staff added.

At the direction of Lugansk at the end of the day under grenade attacks hit the strongholds of the ATO forces in Novooleksandrivka and Novozvanivka.

In just the past day 35 times violated the truce. One Ukrainian defender was killed and four were injured.

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