Ukraine's General Staff said fighting on September 24 was again concentrated in the Pokrovsk sector, where troops repelled the bulk of a wave of Russian assaults.
Ukraine's Defense Forces say they repelled 40 enemy attacks in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka areas as part of 134 total combat engagements recorded along the front.
A government minister said support for farmers in frontline areas will focus next year on the most urgent needs, including compensation for destroyed crops.
State postal service employees are reported to be delivering pensions, medicine and letters to residents living just miles from active combat zones, according to BBC News.