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Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas twice in the past 24 hours, with no Ukrainian soldiers reported as killed or wounded in action, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation Headquarters.
"Despite the mutual adherence to the ceasefire throughout the day, the Russian occupation forces resorted to insidious provocation after dark and shelled positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, using weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements," the ATO HQ said on Facebook on Friday, January 19.
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In addition, the Ukrainian positions near the village of Luhanske came under 120mm mortar fire.
"One soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was injured during engineer operations in the Donetsk sector. He was rushed to a military hospital and provided with the necessary medical assistance. There is no danger to his life. Military doctors describe his condition as satisfactory," the ATO HQ said.