REUTERS
Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas four times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.
Despite the agreements reached regarding the New Year-Christmas truce, the Russian occupation troops could not fully ensure the ceasefire, it said.
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The enemy shelled the ATO strong points positioned on the outskirts of a number of front-line settlements in the Mariupol sector. In particular, militants used heavy machine guns and small arms to provoke Ukrainian soldiers into combat confrontations near the villages of Vodiane and Hranitne. In addition, the invaders fired grenade launchers and 82mm mortars near the village of Pavlopil.
As a result of enemy attacks, none of the Ukrainian defenders was killed or wounded.