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

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

“In the zone of action of tactical force ‘East’, the enemy fired handheld grenade launchers on Ukrainian troops near Pavlopol (25km north-west of Mariupol); heavy machine guns and small arms – outside Marinka (23km south-west of Donetsk); grenade launchers – near Novomykhailivka (28km south-west of Donetsk),” the JFO Headquarters press center reports.

In the zone of action of tactical force “North”, militants used 82mm mortars to shell Ukrainian positions in the area of Kriakivka (38km north-west of Luhansk) and Popasna (69km west of Luhansk); automatic grenade launchers, small arms and mortars – near Vilne (70km south-west of Donetsk); 82mm mortars and ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft machine gun installed on a multi-purpose light-armored towing vehicle – outside Krymske (42km north-west of Luhansk).

Ukrainian servicemen skillfully neutralized the mortar battery and destroyed ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft machine gun and multi-purpose light-armored towing vehicle.

According to the intelligence, two militants were killed and another three were severely wounded on January 30.

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

Today, the enemy has not opened fire yet.

Ukrainian troops continue to control the enemy on the contact line, adhering to the ceasefire regime.