Russia's hybrid military forces on May 7 mounted 21 attacks on Ukrainian army positions in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, with six Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action.
"The Russian Federation's armed formations violated the ceasefire 21 times in the past day," the press center of Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation Headquarters said on Facebook in an update as of 07:00 Kyiv time on May 8. "As a result, six servicemen of the Joint Forces were wounded in enemy shelling."
Russian-led forces opened fire from proscribed 122mm artillery systems, 82mm mortars, grenade launchers of various types, UAVs, weapons installed on infantry fighting vehicles, heavy machine guns, and rifles.
Under attack were Ukrainian positions near the towns of Maryinka and Avdiyivka, and the villages of Starohnativka, Shyrokyne, Novoselivka Druha, Taramchuk, Pisky, Nevelske, Novotoshkivske, Orikhove, and Krymske.
Joint Forces returned fire to each enemy attack. According to intelligence data, seven members of Russia-led forces were killed and another five were wounded on May 7. In addition, an enemy military truck was destroyed.
"Since Friday midnight, Russia-led forces have attacked Ukrainian positions near Orikhove, using 120mm mortars and tripod-mounted man-portable antitank guns," the update said.
There have been no Ukrainian army casualties since Friday midnight.
