One Ukrainian soldier wounded amid 19 enemy attacks in Donbas over past day

11:21, 29.10.2018 1 min read

 Russia's hybrid military forces have mounted 19 attacks on Ukrainian army positions in Donbas in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as wounded in action, the press centre of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) has reported.

"The enemy opened fire on the positions of our troops 19 times, including three times from weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements ... Over the past 24 hours, one soldier of the JFO was wounded," JFO HQ said on Facebook on Monday morning.

Russian occupation forces opened aimed fire from grenade launchers and heavy machine guns at the defenders of the towns of and, and the villages of Krymske, Avdiyivka, Pisky, Maryinka, Slavne, Taramchuk, Berezove, Pavlopil, Hnutove, Lebedynske, Vodiane, and Shyrokyne.

"Since Monday midnight, Russian-led forces haven't attacked the Ukrainian positions yet," the staff said.

According to Ukrainian intelligence, three militants of the illegal armed groups were killed and six more were injured over the day.