For the last month and a half, this is the fourth UAV of the same type downed by government forces in the zone of the Anti-Terrorist Operation.
Russia's hybrid military forces mounted 17 attacks on Ukrainian army positions in Donbas in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as wounded in action (WIA).
"Over the past day, the Russian occupation groups have increased the number and intensity of shellings of Ukrainian defenders. In addition to heavy mortars, the enemy used tank armament and artillery systems in certain areas of the contact line, which is a gross violation of Minsk agreements. Fire provocations further intensified after dark," the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation Headquarters reported on Facebook Thursday morning.
In addition, another evidence of the actual presence in Donbas of Russian weapons has been recorded over the past day. Ukraine's air defense unit shot down a Russian-made Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicle. For the last month and a half, this is the fourth downed drone of this type.
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In the Donetsk sector, it was relatively calm at night, but in the daytime, the aggressor was firing from tanks, grenade launchers of various types, and heavy machine guns near the village of Pisky for more than an hour. Grenade launchers and machine guns were also used by the invaders near the village of Shyrokyne, which is in the Mariupol sector.