REUTERS

Russia's hybrid military forces mounted 64 attacks on Ukrainian army positions in Donbas in the past 24 hours, with four Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action (WIA).

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"In the Donetsk sector, the Ukrainian fortified positions near the town of Avdiyivka, Butivka coal mine and the villages of Berdianske, Lebedynske, Shyrokyne, Vodiane, Pisky and Kamianka came under fire from proscribed 120mm mortars. Militant tanks attacked positions near Vodiane, Pisky and Kamianka, while 82mm mortars were used to shell Butivka mine, and the villages of Pisky, Talakivka and Lebedynske. In addition, the occupiers used grenade launchers of various systems, heavy machine guns and small arms against the defenders of the towns of Avdiyivka, Maryinka and Krasnohorivka, Butivka mine, and the villages of Lebedynske, Starohnativka, Talakivka, Kamianka, Hnutove, Vodiane, Novotroyitske and Pavlopil. Moreover, the aggressor fired cannons of infantry fighting vehicles at the defenders of Pisky, Hnutove and Krasnohorivka, while an anti-tank missile system was used near Shyrokyne," the press center of the headquarters of Ukraine's military operations reported on Facebook on Wednesday morning.

In the Luhansk sector, the aggressor fired 82mm mortars, grenade launchers and heavy machine guns at the Ukrainian fortified positions near the village of Novo-Oleksandrivka, while infantry fighting vehicles were used near the village of Luhanske.