Ukraine reports 2 wounded servicemen amid three enemy attacks in last day

10:15, 17.01.2018 1 min read

Russia's hybrid military forces have attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas three times in the past 24 hours, with two Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters has reported.

"Over the past day, Russian-occupation groups carried out three shelling of the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Ukrainian soldiers did not open fire in response. As a result of enemy attacks, two Ukrainian servicemen were injured and promptly taken to the military hospital. Their health condition is satisfactory," the ATO staff said on Facebook on Wednesday morning.

In the Donetsk sector, the enemy used 120mm mortars after dark, having launched three shells toward the defenders of the village of Vodiane in the Mariupol sector.

Russian-backed militants in the Luhansk sector resorted to grenade launchers and heavy machine guns to shell the Ukrainian fortified positions near the village of Luhanske, while the defenders of the village of Troyitske came under 82mm mortar fire.