REUTERS
Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian positions in Donbas 62 times from 00:00 to 18:00 on Friday; one Ukrainian soldier was wounded in action, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation headquarters.
The occupiers stationed in the Mariupol sector used proscribed weapons, namely 122mm artillery to shell the village of Lebedynske and 120mm mortars to attack the villages of Vodiane and Shyrokyne, and the town of Krasnohorivka. What is more, Shyrokyne was repeatedly attacked by enemy infantry fighting vehicles. The occupation forces also used large-caliber machine guns and small arms to fire on Vodiane, Novotroyitske, Shyrokyne, Talakivka, and Novohryhorivka. Also, Vodiane and Novotroyitske were under sniper fire.
The villages of Katerynivka, Krymske and Novo-Oleksandrivka in the Luhansk sector came under mortar fire. Grenade launchers, large-caliber machine guns and anti-tank missile systems were used to attack Krymske.
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As the ATO HQ reported earlier, Ukrainian positions were shelled over a hundred times on Thursday. Fifteen Ukrainian troops were wounded on that day.