The Ukrainian armed forces carried out three combat provocations on the Gorlovka and Mariupol fronts over the past day, Spokesman for the DPR People's Militia Directorate Oleg Nikitin reported at the briefing in Donetsk on October 5.
  • On the Donetsk front, 20 indirect shots were fired in the direction of Spartak from the positions of the 23rd battalion of the 54th AFU brigade near the locality of ​​Pesky.
  • On the Mariupol front, the militants of the marine battalion of the 36th AFU brigade twice opened fire with a grenade launcher and small arms in the direction of Leninskoye and Dzerzhinskoye from the positions near Vodyanoye.
At that, yesterday, the militants triggered a dry vegetation fire in the ​​responsibility zone of the 35th AFU brigade near the positions of the 503rd marine battalion near Shumy. The People's Militia military are strictly observing the additional measures to enhance and control the ceasefire and did not respond to the enemy provocations.