Ukraine military says Russia-controlled armed groups in the Donbas warzone on Wednesday, October 14, committed three violations of the latest ceasefire agreement.
"In the past day, October 14, the Russian Federation's armed formations violated the ceasefire three times," the press center of Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation (JFO) Command wrote on Facebook in an update as of 07:00 Kyiv time on October 15, 2020.
In particular, enemy troops used rifles near the villages of Vodiane and Novomykhailivka. Also, they used a hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher and automatic grenade launchers near the town of Avdiyivka.
Read alsoNew checkpoints, prisoner swap on agenda of latest TCG meetingSince Thursday midnight, five ceasefire violations by the enemy with the use of automatic grenade launchers, hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers and rifles have been recorded near Avdiyivka, as well as from automatic grenade launchers and small arms near the villages of Prychepylivka and Novotoshkivske.
The Joint Forces did not return fire.
No casualties were reported over the period under review.
The situation is under full control of the Ukrainian military, the report assures.
Donbas ceasefire: Background
- Participants in the Trilateral Contact Group (Ukraine, Russia, and the OSCE) on the peace settlement in Donbas on July 22 agreed on a full and comprehensive ceasefire along the contact line from 00:01 on Monday, July 27.
- The new ceasefire regime was enforced at 00:01 Kyiv time on July 27.
- On the very first day of the newly-agreed truce, Russia's hybrid military forces mounted three attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas, eastern Ukraine. Ukraine has reported more such violations over the latest period.
