REUTERS

Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas five times in the past 24 hours, with two Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action (WIA).

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"In particular, the enemy was most active in the Luhansk sector, using grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms against the Ukrainian positions near the villages of Novhorodske and Luhanske," the press center of the headquarters of Ukraine's military operations reported on Facebook on Tuesday morning.

In the Donetsk sector, the Ukrainian troops near the village of Pavlopil came under fire from 120mm and 82mm mortars. Moreover, the Russian-led forces opened fire from cannons of infantry fighting vehicles and 82mm mortars near the village of Vodiane. They also used mortars and small arms to attack the Ukrainian defenders of the town of Avdiyivka.