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On Sunday Russian invaders attacked Ukrainian forces in Donbas for 58 times. In Mariupol direction 35 artillery attacks occurred. In Novohryhorivka the enemy attacked with 122-mm self-propelled guns, in Talakivka, Vodyane and Starohnativka the enemy attacked with 120 and 82-mm mortars. In Avdiivka Ukrainian fighters engaged enemy saboteur group, the enemy retreated.

On Tuesday, July 5, militants fired at Ukrainian positions in the ATO zone 61 times, including from prohibited weapons.

Militants’ checkpoints in the non-government controlled parts of Donbas are only 30–40% manned, the Head of Donetsk Oblast Civil–Military Administration Pavlo Zhebrivskyi said.

Militants opened mass artillery shelling against Ukrainian forces near Vodiane village close to the city of Mariupol in Donbas.

According to the Russian president, in order to achieve an effective ceasefire in Donbas, Ukraine needs to decentralize its regions and pass the Law on the Special Status of Donbas, as well as grant amnesty to militants.

The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov said that militants in Donbas intensified their shelling of Ukrainian positions as prohibited by the Minsk Agreements.