Militants violate ceasefire in Donbas 16 times on Wednesday – JFO HQ

18:39, 15.08.2018 1 min read

Illegal armed groups attacked the Ukrainian positions of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) in Donbas 16 times on Wednesday, with no losses recorded among Ukrainian military.

"Today, from 07.00 to 18.00, Russian occupation forces violated the ceasefire 16 times, including twice from heavy weapons. [...] There are no casualties among the staff of the Joint Forces," the press center of the JFO headquarters said in a report on its Facebook page on Wednesday evening.

Illegal armed formations opened fire from grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms on the positions of the Joint Forces near Krymske, Novozvanivka, Luhanske, Mayorsk, Maryinka, Avdiyivka, Novotroitske, Novomykhailivka, Opytne, Chermalyk, Lebedynske, Hnutove and Shyrokyne. In addition, the enemy twice fired at the defenders of Hnutove from 120mm and 82mm mortars.

Militants again committed a provocation near Stanytsia Luhanska, firing at Ukrainian positions from small arms.