Militants used artillery to shell village of Zaitseve in Donbas

Militants used artillery to shell village of Zaitseve in Donbas

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Over the past 24 hours, the situation in the Joint Forces Operation area remained tense. Russian-terrorist forces again fired artillery at the village of Zaitseve in Donetsk region. 

This is reported by the Joint Forces Operation Headquarters press center.

“Russian-terrorist forces, in violation of the norms of the international humanitarian law, shelled the houses of Zaitseve village at about 20:00, using artillery. The 122mm shells damaged the houses of civilians,” the report reads.

As noted, over the past day, the armed hostilities continued on separate sites along the entire contact line. The enemy used prohibited weapons five times outside Sokilnyky (37km north- west of Luhansk), Mayorske (45km north of Donetsk), Avdiivka (18km north of Donetsk), Novhorodske (34km north of Donetsk), Starohnativka (52km south of Donetsk).

According to intelligence, three militants were killed and another three were wounded in last day.

During the fighting, three Ukrainian servicemen were wounded. They were promptly delivered to a hospital.

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