Photo from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas seven times in the past 24 hours, with three Ukrainian soldiers reported as killed in action (KIA) and another five as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press center of the Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.
Militants in the Luhansk sector became active near the Svitlodarska Duha bulge after dark. They fired grenade launchers of various types and proscribed 120mm mortars near the village of Luhanske.
In the Donetsk sector, the occupiers violated the ceasefire, using 82mm mortars, heavy machine guns and small arms near the village of Pisky.
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The town of Avdiyivka remained a hot spot in the Donetsk sector: the enemy had been firing 120mm mortars, grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms in the vicinity of this front-line Ukrainian-held town for more than an hour.
Moreover, illegal armed formations violated the truce, using small arms near the village of Hranitne.
In two cases, the Ukrainian army was forced to open fire from weapons not prohibited by the Minsk peace agreements.