Russian occupation forces fire on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Donbas 36 times, three soldiers wounded

14:01, 11.08.2018 1 min read

Russian occupation forces fired on positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas 36 times over the past 24 hours, including twice from heavy weapons, three Ukrainian servicemen are wounded, the press center of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) headquarters has said.

"The enemy opened fire on the positions of our troops 36 times, including two times from heavy weapons. As a result of hostile actions, three Ukrainian servicemen were injured," the report says.

It states illegal armed units provided accurate fire from grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms, and in separate directions from infantry fighting vehicles. Defenders of Krymske, Troitske, Luhanske, Zalizne, Opytne, Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka, Bohdanivka, Hnutove, Lebedynske, Pavlopil, Vodiane, and Shyrokyne came under fire.

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