Photo from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas six times in the past 24 hours, with two Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.
In the Luhansk sector, the enemy used mortars of various calibers and cannons of infantry fighting vehicles to attack Ukrainian positions near the village of Novoluhanske, the ATO HQ said. Grenade launchers were used to shell Ukrainian fortified positions near the villages of Hladosove, Luhanske and Troyitske.
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Moreover, another fact of the presence of Russian military equipment in Donbas was recorded in the last day. An air defense unit of the Ukrainian army shot down a Russian-made Orlan-10 UAV. Since the beginning of the truce, this has been the third drone of this type downed by Ukraine's ATO forces.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces had to fire back twice in response to militant attacks, using proscribed weapons.