12:21 13.04.2018

Ukraine reports 66 enemy attacks, 1 KIA, 1 WIA in last day - HQ

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Ukraine reports 66 enemy attacks, 1 KIA, 1 WIA in last day - HQ

Russia's hybrid military forces have mounted 66 attacks on Ukrainian army positions in Donbas in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action (KIA) and another one as wounded in action (WIA), the press center for the headquarters of Ukraine's military operations in Donbas has reported.

"Over the past day, Russian-occupation troops continued ignoring the regime of a complete ceasefire. The aggressor committed 66 shelling attacks on the positions of Ukrainian defenders," the press center of the headquarters of Ukraine's military operations reported on Facebook on Friday morning.

In the Donetsk sector, the invaders fired 120mm mortars at the Ukrainian positions in the villages of Pisky and Vodiane. They also used 82mm mortars near Butovka coal mine, and the villages of Talakivka and Vodiane, cannons of infantry fighting vehicles near Talakivka and Vodiane, as well as anti-aircraft guns near the village of Opytne and Butovka mine. In addition, grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms were used against the Ukrainian military near the towns of Avdiyivka, Maryinka and Krasnohorivka, Butovka mine, and the villages of Opytne, Vodiane, Pisky, Pavlopil, Kamianka, Lebedynske, Shyrokyne and Hnutove. Moreover, a sniper was active near Pisky, Pavlopil and Avdiyivka.

In the Luhansk sector, the Russian occupation forces opened fire from 120mm and 82mm mortars, cannons of infantry fighting vehicles and an anti-aircraft gun at the Ukrainian fortified positions near the village of Troyitske. The aggressor used 82mm mortars against the defenders of the village of Krymske, cannons of infantry fighting vehicles and an anti-aircraft gun near the village of Luhanske, as well as grenade launchers and heavy machine guns against the Ukrainian troops in the villages of Zalizne and Zaitseve. Furthermore, the Ukrainian positions in the village of Novozvanivka and the town of Svitlodarsk came under fire from grenade launchers.

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