Militants launched 8 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day

Militants launched 8 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day

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Militants launched eight attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in eastern Ukraine over the past day.

“In the zone of action of tactical force ‘East’, the enemy fired heavy machine guns and small arms on Ukrainian troops near Avdiivka (17km north of Donetsk); automatic grenade launchers – outside Bohdanivka (41km south-west of Donetsk); grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms – in the area of Hnutove (20km north-east of Mariupol); grenade launchers of different systems – near Novomykhailivka (28km south-west of Donetsk),” the press center of the JFO Headquarters reports.

In the zone of action of tactical force ‘North’, militants used 82mm mortars to shell Ukrainian positions near Krymske (42km north-west of Luhansk) and Katerynivka (64km west of Luhansk); heavy machine guns – outside Luhanske (59km north-east of Donetsk); 82mm mortars and heavy machine guns – near Vilne (70km south-west of Donetsk).

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

Today, the enemy has not opened fire yet.

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