Two Ukrainian checkpoints in Donbas shelled

10:16, 18.11.2016 1 min read

Militant units opened fire on the Zolote entry and exit checkpoint and the Maryinka checkpoint in Donbas on Thursday, the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service said.

Small arms fire from the village of Oleksandrivka in the direction of the Maryinka checkpoint began at around 9:00 p.m. and continued for about an hour, it said.

Several hours later, the Zolote entry and exit checkpoint, located in the Lysychansk-Stakhanov road corridor, came under AGS-17 grenade launcher fire from the direction of Pervomaisk, the press service of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service said.

No border guards were wounded in the shelling.