Ten attacks on Ukrainian positions launched over past day

Over the past day, October 8, the occupiers launched ten attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO).

“Over the past day, October 8, the Russian-occupation forces violated the ceasefire 10 times, resorting to the weapons prohibited under the Minsk agreements thrice,” the press center of JFO Headquarters posted on Facebook.

In particular, the enemy opened fire from hand-held antitank grenade launchers and small arms on Ukrainian positions near Zolote-4 (59km west of Luhansk); heavy machine guns and small arms – outside Troitske (69km west of Luhansk); grenade machine guns and hand-held antitank grenade launchers – in the area of Mayorske (45km north of Donetsk); 82mm mortars, tripod-mounted man-portable antitank guns, grenade machine guns – towards Krasnohorivka (21km west of Donetsk); tripod-mounted man-portable antitank guns, grenade machine guns – near Prychepylivka (50km north-west of Luhansk); grenade launchers of different systems and small arms – outside Shyrokyne (20km east of Mariupol). Two attacks were launched near Krymske (42km north-west of Luhansk), using tripod-mounted man-portable antitank guns, heavy machine guns, and 120mm mortars. Towards Lopaskine (24km north-west of Luhansk), Russian-occupation troops fired under-barrel grenade launchers and small arms twice.

One Ukrainian soldier was wounded in the shelling.

As of 07:00, October 9, no ceasefire violations were recorded.

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