One Ukrainian soldier wounded in six enemy attacks over past day
Militants have fired at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces six times over the past 24 hours, wounding one serviceman, the press center of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) headquarters has reported.
"Over the past 24 hours, Russian occupation troops have carried out six targeted shelling attacks against the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. All ceasefire violations were recorded in the Donetsk sector. Ukrainian servicemen did not return fire. One ATO soldier was wounded as a result of enemy fire. He was taken to a medical institution and given the necessary medical assistance," the ATO HQ's press center said in a statement posted on its Facebook page early on Friday.
In the Mariupol sector, militants fired from 82mm mortars and infantry weapons at Ukrainian positions in Pavlopil and Talakivka. They also used small arms on the outskirts of Krasnohorivka. An enemy sniper was active near this town, firing at the fortified positions of the Ukrainian army. The enemy used grenade launchers and light infantry weapons near Verkhniotoretske, as well as heavy machine guns and small arms near the Butivka mine.
Ceasefire violations were not recorded in other sections at the front.
The ATO HQ reported that militants had intensified air reconnaissance using unmanned aerial vehicles that are banned by the Minsk agreements. An enemy drone was spotted in the area of the Svitlodarsk Bulge. At around 22.00, Ukrainian servicemen shot down a Russian Orlan-10-type UAV near Kurdiumivka. An operation is now under way to find the remaining parts of the drone.