Occupiers violate ceasefire in JFO area four times

Over the past day, December 17, Russian-occupation troops violated the ceasefire in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in eastern Ukraine four times.

“Towards Travneve (51km north-east of Donetsk), the occupiers fired grenade machine guns. Outside Novotoshkivske (53km west of Luhansk), the enemy opened fire from grenade launchers of different systems and small arms. Towards Novoluhanske (53km north-east of Donetsk), the Russian mercenaries launched two attacks, using grenade machine guns and small arms,” the JFO Headquarters press center posted on Facebook.

Ukrainian defenders returned fire and forced the enemy to stop shelling. Joint Forces troops suffered no casualties.

As of 07:00, December 18, no ceasefire violations by the Russian-occupation forces were reported.

The Joint Forces troops control the situation and continue to repel and deter the armed aggression of the Russian Federation.

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