Russian-led forces mount 36 attacks on Ukrainian army in Donbas

11:16, 04.08.2018 1 min read

Russian-led forces mounted 36 attacks on the Ukrainian army in the past 24 hours; they used proscribed weapons in six of the instances, no casualties reported, the press center of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) headquarters has said.

Invaders opened aimed fire from grenade launchers and small arms to attack the Joint Forces' positions near Krymske, Makarove, Novoluhanske, Yuzhne, Zalizne, Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Hnutove, Lebedynske, Pavlopil, Vodiane and Shyrokyne.

What is more, they used proscribed 82mm mortars to shell the Ukrainian positions near Vodiane and Talakivka. Invaders used a tank and 120mm and 82mm mortars near Pavlopil, the JFO said.

In addition, in the past 24 hours Russian-led forces fired at the positions of Ukrainian defenders near Novozvanivka, Troitske, Mariynka and Vodiane.

According to Ukrainian intelligence, one militant were killed and one was injured.