ATO HQ reports 4 killed, 2 wounded Ukrainian servicemen amid 28 attacks in past 24 hours
Over the past day, four Ukrainian military servicemen were killed and another one wounded amid 28 shelling attacks by Russian hybrid forces on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the press center of the ATO headquarters has reported.
"Over the past day, 28 violations of the ceasefire regime were registered on the part of invaders. In cases where the enemy shelling was an immediate threat to life and health of our soldiers, the ATO units responded with heavy fire from grenade launchers, machine guns, and small arms... As a result of the enemy shooting, four servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed, one was wounded, and another injured," the ATO staff said on its Facebook page on Saturday morning.
In the Luhansk sector, militants fired on the Ukrainian positions near Travneve more than 50 times, using all types of infantry weapons and 120-mm mortars. After dark, the illegal armed formations moved their attack focus slightly to the north, to the area of Zolote checkpoint at the demarcation line. It is scheduled to be opened on December 9 and operate while the pedestrian bridge in Stanytsia Luhanska is repaired. In particular, militants fired from 82-mm mortars and grenade launchers near Katerynivka, Novo-Oleksandrivka, and Krymske. Small arms and grenade launchers were used to shell works near Zolote. Also the illegal armed groups fired their infantry guns at Ukrainian fighters near Luhanske and Zaitseve.
In the Donetsk sector, the peak of the militants' fire intensity fell on the first half of the day. The militants opened heavy fire from mortars and the entire range of infantry weapons in the area of Vodiane near the Mariupol sector and in the suburbs of Avdiyivka. In the vicinity of Kamianka, the Ukrainian positions were actively fired upon by a militant sniper. As night fell, the defenders of Butovka mine came under fire from mortars, grenade launchers and small arms. In addition, enemy drones, prohibited by Minsk agreement, were recorded in the area of Vodiane, Avdiyivka, Mayske, Siversk, and Stanytsia Luhanska.
