Invaders violate ceasefire in JFO area five times; one Ukrainian soldier wounded

Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Dmytro Hutsuliak said this at a briefing on Wednesday, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"Since the beginning of the current day, as of 12:00, the armed formations of the Russian Federation violated the Minsk agreements five times by firing automatic mounted grenade launchers and small arms at Ukrainian positions near Hnutove (20km north-east of Mariupol); 120mm mortars, automatic mounted grenade launchers and heavy machine guns on the defenders of Krymske (42km north-west of Luhansk); grenade launchers of various systems and small arms – on the outskirts of Orikhove (57km north-west of Luhansk); automatic mounted grenade launchers – near Starohnativka (51km south of Donetsk)," Hutsuliak said.

One member of the Joint Forces sustained shrapnel wounds. He was promptly taken to a mobile hospital and received proper medical care.

The Ukrainian military gave a decent response to the enemy attacks and thwarted hostile armed activity with light infantry weapons, the spokesman added.

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