JFO area update: 60 ceasefire violations, 1 soldier and 2 civilians wounded
As the JFO press center posted on Facebook, the Russian-occupation troops fired on:
Novotoshkivske (53km west of Luhansk) from 122mm artillery, 120mm mortars, and tripod-mounted man-portable antitank guns
Vodiane (94km south of Donetsk) – 120mm and 82mm mortars, tripod-mounted man-portable antitank guns, grenade machine guns, and antitank missile systems
Trudivske (47km south of Donetsk) – 82mm mortars
Starohnativka (51km south of Donetsk) – 120mm and 82mm mortars, grenade machine guns, heavy machine guns, and small arms
Pivdenne (40km north-east of Donetsk) and Maiorsk (45km north-east of Donetsk) – 82mm mortars, grenade machine guns
Lobacheve (17km north-west of Luhansk) – 122mm artillery, 120mm and 82mm mortars, grenade machine guns
Novoselivka Druha (36km north-east of Mariupol) – antitank missile systems
Luhanske (59km north-east of Donetsk) and Staryi Aidar (20km north-west of Luhansk) – 122mm artillery, 120mm mortars
Marinka – 120mm and 82mm mortars, hand-held antitank grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, and small arms
Svitlodarsk (57km north-east of Donetsk) – 120mm mortars and heavy machine guns
Troitske (69km west of Luhansk) – tank weapons, 120mm and 82mm mortars
Popasna (69km west of Luhansk) – tripod-mounted man-portable antitank guns
Zaitseve (62km north-east of Donetsk) – 82mm mortars, grenade machine guns
Novozvanivka (70km west of Luhansk) – 152mm mortars
Stanytsia Luhanska (16km north-east of Luhansk) – twice from 122mm artillery, 120mm and 82mm mortars, grenade machine guns
Novozvanivka (70km west of Luhansk) – 122mm artillery
Pisky (11km north-west of Donetsk) – 82mm mortars, hand-held antitank grenade launchers, tripod-mounted man-portable antitank guns, small arms
Holmivskyi (49km north-east of Donetsk) and Maiorsk (45km north-east of Donetsk) – 120mm mortars, grenade machine guns
Khriashchivka (22km east of Luhansk) and Syze (23km north-east of Luhansk) – 122mm artillery
Avdiivka (17km north of Donetsk), Shumy (41km north of Donetsk), Travneve (51km north-east of Donetsk), Nevelske (18km north-west of Donetsk), Donetskyi (60km of Luhansk), Opytne (12km north-west of Donetsk), Hranitne (60km south of Donetsk) – 120mm mortars
Shyrokyne (100km south of Donetsk) – hand-held antitank grenade launchers, tripod-mounted man-portable antitank guns
An UAV, probably Orlan-10, was spotted crossing the contact line in Donetsk region.
One Ukrainian soldier was wounded, and another was injured in action.
Two civilians were wounded in the shelling by Russian-occupation forces.
Moreover, the enemy shells damaged the building of a kindergarten, power lines, gas pipeline and destroyed two private houses in Stanytsia Luhanska (16km north-east of Luhansk). Three employees of the kindergarten were contused. In addition, Russian armed forces fired artillery at the village of Vrubivka (72km west of Luhansk), damaging the building of a local secondary school, a gas pipeline, and a private house.
Thanks to the efforts of our soldiers, the Ukrainian military lines remained intact.
Today, February 18, the armed formations of the Russian Federation violated the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine six times, including four attacks with the use of weapons banned under the Minsk agreements.
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