Russia's hybrid military forces mounted four attacks on Ukrainian army positions in Donbas in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as wounded in action.
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"One Ukrainian soldier was wounded in the past day. According to intelligence reports, two invaders were killed and another five were wounded," the press center of Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation said in an update on Facebook as of 07:00 Kyiv time on March 2, 2019.
What is more, Ukrainian troops successfully downed an enemy UAV.
Russian occupation forces opened aimed fire from 82mm and 120mm mortars, grenade launchers of various types, heavy machine guns and small arms to attack the Ukrainian defenders of the villages of Pisky, Novoluhanske, Novotoshkivske, and Shumy.
"Since Saturday midnight, Russian-led forces have attacked Ukrainian positions near the village of Verkhniotoretske, using automatic grenade launchers," the report said.
