Militants launched eight attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day
“December 20, Russian-occupation forces violated ceasefire eight times, using the weapons banned under the Minsk agreements three times,” the press center of the Joint Forces Operation Headquarters reports.
In particular, the enemy used 82mm mortars to shell JFO positions near Luhanske (59km north-east of Donetsk) and Hnutove (19km north-west of Mariupol), 120mm mortars – outside Vodiane (16km north-west of Donetsk).
Ukrainian strongholds in the area of Stanytsia Luhanska (16km north-east of Luhansk), Marinka (35 km south-west of Donetsk), Krasnohorivka (29 km west of Donetsk), Luhanske, Hnutove and Lebedynske (16km north-east of Mariupol) came under grenade launcher, heavy machine gun and small arms fire.
One Ukrainian serviceman was wounded in last day.
Today, militants have already fired on Ukrainian troops near Chermalyk (31km north-east of Mariupol).