Two soldiers wounded in 17 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas over past day

10:01, 18.10.2018 1 min read

 Militants have opened fire on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas 17 times over the past 24 hours, wounding two soldiers, the press center of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) headquarters has reported.

"Invaders opened fire on the positions of our troops 17 times. Weapons banned by the Minsk agreements were used seven times during the shelling [...] Two servicemen of the Joint Forces were injured during the hostilities," the JFO HQ said in a report on its Facebook page on Thursday.

Over the past day, militants shelled the positions of the Joint Forces near the settlements of Katerynivka, Novoluhanske, Verkhniotoretske, Avdiyivka, Novomykhailivka, Novotroitske, Starohnativka, Pavlopil, Hnutove, Talakivka, Lebedynske, and Shyrokyne.

According to Ukrainian intelligence, four militants were wounded over the past 24 hours.