Ministry of Defense

In general, over the past day, illegal armed groups violated the ceasefire 16 times, while two Ukrainian troops were wounded in action, the ATO press center wrote on Facebook.

After 18:00 Kyiv time, Russian-occupation forces continued shelling the Ukrainian positions, using mainly light infantry weapons.

Read alsoDonbas militants active in Luhansk sector, 1 WIA on Oct 15"In the Donetsk direction, militants hit the fortified positions of the Ukrainian forces three times from small arms and large-caliber machine guns on the outskirts of Avdiyivka. Ukraine’s positions near Kamenka also came under the enemy fire from small arms. On the Prymorske line, the enemy fired twice at our strongpoints near Talakivka. About 23:00, one of our troops was injured by enemy fire," the report said.

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In the evening hours, the Luhansk line remained silent.

It is noted that in response, the Armed Forces of Ukraine returned fire 11 times repelling the attacks.

Earlier at the Maryinka checkpoint, an enemy sniper wounded a Ukrainian border guard.