11:43 28.07.2018

One soldier killed in 34 attacks on Ukrainian positions over past day

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One soldier killed in 34 attacks on Ukrainian positions over past day

Militants have violated the ceasefire in Donbas 34 times over the past 24 hours, killing one serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the press center of the headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) has said.

"The enemy opened fire on the positions of our troops 34 times, including twice from heavy weapons [...] One Joint Forces serviceman was killed during the fighting over the past day," the JFO HQ said in a report posed on its Facebook page on Saturday morning.

According to the report, militants fired from grenade launchers, heavy machineguns and small arms on the defenders of Krymske, Zhovte, Novotoshkivske, Zolote, Mayorsk, Maryinka, Avdiyivka, Novomykhailivka, Krasnohorivka, Lebedynsker, Hnutove, Shyrokyne, Pavlopil and Vodiane.

"At the same time, invaders used 120mm and 82mm mortars near Lebedynske and 82mm mortars near Vodiane," reads the report.

During the current day militants opened fire four times on the positions of Ukrainian defenders near Krymske, Svitlodarsk, Lebedynske and Shyrokyne.

According to Ukrainian intelligence, two militants were killed and five more were injured over the past day.

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