Russian-led forces launch 19 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas

Russian-led forces launch 19 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas

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The armed formations of the Russian Federation violated ceasefire 19 times, using weapons banned under the Minsk agreements six times, in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in Donbas over the past day.

“The enemy fired 120mm and 82mm mortars, grenade launchers of different systems, weapons on infantry fighting vehicles, heavy machine guns, and small arms on the units of the Joint Forces,” the press center of the Joint Forces Operation Headquarters reports.

In the zone of action of tactical force “East”, Russian-led forces launched 14 attacks on Ukrainian positions. The enemy opened fire from small arms on Ukrainian defenders near Shyrokyne (20km east of Mariupol); mounted antitank grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, and small arms – outside Novotroitske (36km south-west of Donetsk); grenade launchers of different systems, heavy machine guns, and small arms – in the area of Bohdanivka (41km south-west of Donetsk) and Vodiane (94km south of Donetsk); 120mm and 82mm mortars, grenade launchers of different systems, heavy machine guns on the outskirts of Krasnohorivka (21km west of Donetsk); 82mm mortars, hand-held grenade launcher and small arms – outside Marinka (23km south-west of Donetsk); hand-held grenade launcher, heavy machine guns, and small arms – near Lebedynske (16km east of Mariupol); heavy machine guns and small arms – in the area of Pavlopol (25km north-west of Mariupol);

In the zone of action of tactical force “North”, Russian-led troops shelled Ukrainian troops five times. In particular, the enemy used 82mm mortars, weapons on infantry fighting vehicles, hand-held grenade launcher, heavy machine gun and small arms to fire on Ukrainian troops near Krymske (42km north-west of Luhansk); automatic grenade launchers and small arms – outside Zaitseve (50km north-east of Donetsk); 82mm mortars and automatic grenade launchers – in the area of Novoluhanske (53km north-east of Donetsk); 82mm mortars, grenade launchers of different systems, heavy machine guns – near Popasna (69km west of Luhansk).

No casualties among Ukrainian troops were reported. The enemy was given an adequate response from the weapons not banned under the Minsk agreements.

According to the intelligence, two invaders were wounded on July 14.

Today, the enemy launched three attacks on Ukrainian defenders in the zone of action of tactical force “East” and two attacks in the zone of action of tactical force “North.”

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