Occupiers violate ceasefire in JFO area nine times

Over the past day, August 3, nine ceasefire violations by Russian-occupation troops were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation area in eastern Ukraine.

“The enemy opened fire from small arms on Ukrainian positions near Zolote-4 (59km west of Luhansk); grenade machine guns and small arms – towards Svitlodarsk (57km north-east of Donetsk); tripod-mounted man-portable antitank guns, grenade machine guns, and small arms – outside Luhanske (59km north-east of Donetsk); 82mm mortars – in the area of Shyrokyne (20km east of Mariupol) and Vodiane near Donetsk; tripod-mounted man-portable antitank guns and grenade machine guns – near Vodiane in the Sea of Azov area; 82mm mortars and different grenade launchers – towards Avdiivka (17km north of Donetsk),” Joint Forces Command Spokesperson Lidia Nanivska posted on Facebook.

In Luhansk region, an enemy Orlan-10-class UAV was spotted flying over the line of contact. In the area of Mayorsk, the enemy delivered POM-2 landmines.

Joint Forces troops sustained no casualties, the spokesperson noted.

The Ukrainian side of the Joint Control and Coordination Center (JCCC) informed the OSCE SMM about all violations by the Russian-occupation troops, using the established coordination mechanism.

As of 07:00 on August 4, no ceasefire violations were recorded.

Ukrainian troops control the situation in the JFO area.

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