Militants launched 38 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day

Militants launched 38 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day

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Militants launched 38 attacks, including three attacks from weapons banned under the Minsk agreements, on Ukrainian positions in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in Donbas over the past day.

“The enemy used 82mm mortars, weapons on infantry fighting vehicles, grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms. Russian-occupation troops fired on the defenders of Krymske (42.5km north-west of Luhansk), Lebedynske (16km north-east of Mariupol), Hnutove (19km north-west of Mariupol), Pavlopol (30 km northeast of Mariupol), Vodiane (16km north-west of Donetsk), Shyrokyne (20km east of Mariupol), Stanytsia Luhanska (16km north-east of Luhansk), Novotoshkivske (53km north-west of Luhansk), Krasnohorivka (29 km west of Donetsk), Chermalyk (31km north-east of Mariupol), Zolote (67km north-east of Luhansk), Svitlodarsk (55km north-west of Donetsk), Novoluhanske (53km north-east of Donetsk), Berezove (35km south-west of Donetsk), Novotroitske (32km south of Donetsk) and Starohnativka (52km south of Donetsk),” reads the report of the JFO Headquarters press center.

The enemy shelled JFO units outside Svitlodarsk, Chermalyk and Lebedynske, using 82mm mortars. Ukrainian positions near Krymske, Novotoshkivske and Lebedynske came under fire from weapons on infantry combat vehicles.

Two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in shelling in last day.

Today, Russian-occupation troops have already launched seven attacks on Ukrainian troops outside Berezove, Starohnativka, Hnutove, Vodiane and Shyrokyne, using heavy machine guns, grenade launchers and small arms. No casualties among Ukrainian troops have been reported.

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