Ukrainian and Russian backed separatists claimed the other fired on locales less then five kilometers from the other, according to Ukrainian and Russian language official reports.
A news account from the online edition of lb.ua said that separatist artillery units fired 20 shots at Trokhizbenka, damaging buildings and briefly knocking power out to the village.
The report, quoting an official from nearby Schastye said the separatists units used large caliber artillery.
Trokhizbenka sets on the left bank of the Severodoetsk River, less than five kilometers west northwest of Schastye.
According to an official account from the breakaway People's Republic of Lugansk, Ukrainian artillery units fired on the villages of Golubovskoye and Smeloe in the Slavyanoserbsky region.
The report said that 120mm mortar and small arms fire were used in the attack. The report did not specify casualties.
In a post from separatist militants on their VKontakte account, 122mm artillery was used in the attack, landing a total of 30 shells. The firing came from the Ukrainian 57th Brigade.
Ukrainian units take over Staromaryevka
A Ukrainian Army unit has captured the village in the gray zone, south of Donetsk city, according to Russian language and official reports.
Staromaryevka is on highway T0512, just south of Granitnoye.
Not commenting further, Ukrainian army units continued its tactic -- started in 2016 -- of taking over unoccupied territory between the lines of contact between the two combatants.
The tactic enabled Ukrainian forces to deploy snipers and artillery spotters to harass separatist units in the area.
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