12:04 15.09.2017

Ukrainian army positions shelled 28 times in past 24 hours, one serviceman killed, two wounded

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Ukrainian army positions shelled 28 times in past 24 hours, one serviceman killed, two wounded

Russia's hybrid military forces have attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 28 times in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action and two as wounded in action, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters.

"At the end of the last day, the situation was somewhat exacerbated in the ATO area, but remained under the control of the Ukrainian army. After 6 p.m., the militants intensified shelling of our positions in all directions, using mortars of the 82-mm caliber [...]. In total for the past day, Russian-occupation groups violated ceasefire regime 28 times. The ATO forces opened fire 13 times. As a result of hostilities, one Ukrainian soldier has been killed, two injured," the ATO staff wrote on Facebook on Friday morning.

In the Mariupol sector, the Russian-backed mercenaries opened fire from grenade launchers and heavy machine guns three times near the village of Vodiane. They also launched seven 82mm mines near the town of Maryinka. In addition, the Ukrainian fortified positions near the villages of Pavlopil, Talakivka and Hnutove came under enemy shelling.

In the Donetsk sector, the occupiers fired from mortars and infantry fighting vehicles on the Ukrainian positions near the village of Zaitseve, as well as grenade launchers twice on the Avdiyivka industrial zone. At about 21:00 Kyiv time, the enemy started firing grenade launchers and machine guns on the Ukrainian positions near Butivka coal mine. The ATO forces fired back and forced the militants to observe the ceasefire. Unfortunately, one Ukrainian soldier was killed in the shelling.

In the Luhansk sector, after almost a week's lull, the Russian occupation forces used mortars, various types of grenade launchers and small arms six times against the Ukrainian fortified positions near the village of Krymske evening and night.

For its part, the staff of the Ukrainian army operation in Donbas said that the enemy had mounted 28 attacks in the past 24 hours, killing one soldier and inflicting injuries on two more.

"Tensions escalated a bit [in the army operation zone], yet the Ukrainian army stayed in control. Gunfire intensified in every sector after 6 p.m.," the staff said.

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