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Russia's hybrid military forces mounted 21 attacks on Ukrainian army positions in Donbas in the past 24 hours, with two Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action (WIA).

"According to intelligence reports, four occupiers were wounded," the press center of Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation (JFO) said in an update on Facebook as of 07:00 Kyiv time on July 24, 2018. The Russian occupation forces opened aimed fire at the defenders of the towns of Avdiyivka and Maryinka, and the villages of Krymske, Maiorsk, Lebedynske, Hnutove, Talakivka, Pavlopil, Vodiane and Shyrokyne.

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At the same time, the invaders shelled the Ukrainian positions from 82mm mortars near Krymske and Lebedynske, as well as from a 120mm mortar near Talakivka.

Since day-start, militants of the Russian occupation forces opened fire four times on the positions of Ukrainian defenders near Avdiyivka, Maryinka and Pavlopil.

No casualties have been reported since Tuesday midnight.