Russian-led forces launch three attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas

Russian-led forces launch three attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas

Ukrinform
Russian occupation forces launched three attacks, using the weapons banned under the Minsk agreements thrice, on positions of Ukrainian troops in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in eastern Ukraine over the past day.

“Russian occupation forces launched all attacks in the zone of action of tactical force ‘North’, using 120mm and 82mm mortars to fire on Ukrainian positions near Katerynivka (64km west of Luhansk); sniper and small arms, heavy machine guns, 82mm mortars and automatic mounted grenade launchers – outside Vilne (70km south-west of Donetsk),” the JFO Headquarters press centre reports on Facebook.

One Ukrainian serviceman was killed in shelling.

According to the intelligence, two invaders were annihilated and two more were wounded on March 18. In addition, two infantry fighting vehicles and two tactical vehicles of the enemy were destroyed.

Today, the enemy has not opened fire yet.

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