Photo from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 22 times in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.
According to an update, the enemy continued to concentrate fire activity in the Donetsk sector, using mortars and all types of infantry weapons.
In the evening, the Russian occupation forces had been shelling the Ukrainian fortified positions near the Avdiyivka industrial zone for several hours, using grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms. At about 19:00 Kyiv time, the enemy launched six 82mm shells, aiming at the defenders of the village of Verkhniotoretske. In addition, the mercenaries opened fire from cannons of infantry fighting vehicles and machine guns near the village of Luhanske. Small arms were also used near the village of Kamianka at night.
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The situation was rather calm in the Luhansk sector in the evening. Only at about 18:00 Kyiv time, the occupiers started firing a machine gun at the Ukrainian fortified positions near the village of Novo-Oleksandrivka.