
Near Marinka, militants fired from a 82-mm mortar launcher, which was supposed to be withdrawn under the Minsk agreement.
Conflict reporters in the region reported gunfire or salvos at a number of locations where fighting has been frequent in the past.
The DNR's Dan News reported that Ukrainian forces shelled the town of Zhabichevo north of Donetsk near the airport, setting one residential home on fire. They also said Oktybrsky and Kuybyshevsky districts as well as the town of Vesyoloye, often caught in crossfire, suffered shelling once again, causing fires at two residential homes.
In other news:
o Winter frosts have come to the Donbass, and Ukrainian soldiers are reinforcing their shelters, says the ATO.
o The SBU discovered and disabled a cache of mines in Pokrovsk in the Artyomovsk Region.
o Two fighters from the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic," one of whom had served in a Russian-backed tank brigade surrended to Ukrainian authorities in Kramatorsk; another who had delivered food to militants returned to his home in Donetsk Region. The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has opened a program titled "They're Waiting for You At Home" promoted on social media to encourage fighters to surrender and return to their families in areas of the front line where they have regained control.
-- Catherine A. Fitzpatrick