Five ceasefire violations recorded in JFO area. Ukrainian soldier killed
“In particular, the enemy opened fire from grenade machine guns and heavy machine guns near Luhanske (59km north-east of Donetsk); small arms and heavy machine guns – outside Marinka (23km south-west of Donetsk); hand-held antitank grenade launchers and under-barrel grenade launchers – in the area of Pisky (11km north-west of Donetsk). Outside Pivdenne (40km north-east of Donetsk), the armed formations of the Russian Federation delivered POM-2 landmines,” the press center of JFO Headquarters posted on Facebook.
In Luhansk region, an Orlan-10 UAV was spotted flying over the line of contact.
A Ukrainian serviceman received a fatal gunshot wound in the enemy shelling.
Ukrainian troops fired back in response to the enemy attacks.
The Ukrainian side of the Joint Control and Coordination Center (JCCC) informed the OSCE SMM about all violations by the Russian-occupation troops through the established coordination mechanism.
As of 07:00 on August 23, no ceasefire violations were recorded.
"Ukrainian soldiers control the situation in the Joint Forces Operation area to repel and deter the armed aggression of the Russian Federation," the JFO Headquarters stressed.
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