Russian-led forces mounted 36 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in the past day, using heavy weapons in six instances.
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"No casualties among the Ukrainian troops have been reported over the past day. According to intelligence reports, one occupier was killed and another one was wounded," the press center of Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation (JFO) said in an update on Facebook as of 07:00 Kyiv time on August 4, 2018.
The Russian occupation forces opened aimed fire mainly from grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms to attack the defenders of the towns Maryinka and Krasnohorivka, and the villages of Krymske, Makarove, Novoluhanske, Luhanske, Pivdenne, Zalizne, Hnutove, Lebedynske, Pavlopil, Vodiane, and Shyrokyne. Along with this, the enemy shelled the Ukrainian positions near Krymske three times, using 82mm mortars. In addition, the defenders of the village of Talakivka came under fire from 82mm mortars, while the Ukrainian positions near Pavlopil were attacked with the use of tank shells, and 120mm and 82mm mortars.
"Since Saturday midnight, Russian-led forces have mounted five attacks on the Ukrainian positions near Maryinka, and the villages of Novozvanivka, Troyitske, and Vodiane," the report says.
