Militants launched 7 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day

Militants launched seven attacks on Ukrainian positions in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in Donbas over the past day.

“The enemy continued to use weapons banned under the Minsk agreements. In particular, militants used 82mm mortars to shell JFO positions near Krymske (42.5km north-west of Luhansk) and Chermalyk (31km north-east of Mariupol),” reads the report of the JFO Headquarters press center.

Ukrainian strongholds outside Starohnativka (52km south of Donetsk), Avdiivka (18km north of Donetsk) and Taramchuk (30km south-west of Donetsk) came under grenade launcher, heavy machine gun and small arms fire.

No casualties among Ukrainian troops were reported over the past day.

According to the intelligence, two militants were wounded on December 12.

Today, the enemy has already fired on Hnutove (19km north-west of Mariupol), using 82mm mortars.

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