REUTERS

Russia's hybrid military forces on May 25 mounted 16 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas, eastern Ukraine.

"The Russian Federation's armed formations violated the ceasefire 16 times in the past day," the press center of Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation said in a Facebook update as of 07:00 Kyiv time on May 26, 2020.

Russia-led forces opened fire, employing proscribed 120mm and 82mm mortars, grenade launchers of various types, cannons installed on infantry fighting vehicles, heavy machine guns, and rifles.

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Under attack came Ukrainian positions near the towns of Avdiyivka, Maryinka and Krasnohorivka, and the villages of Pisky, Orikhove, Bohdanivka, Pavlopil, Berezove, Vodiane, and Luhanske.

Joint Forces returned fire to each enemy shelling. According to intelligence data, four members of Russia-led forces were wounded on May 25.

The enemy did not attack Ukrainian positions from 00:00 to 07:00 Kyiv time on May 26.

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No casualties were reported among Ukrainian troops over the period under review.