Russia-backed separatists opened fire on Ukrainian troops’ positions 16 times in eastern region of Donbas in the past 24 hours, as a result of which one Ukrainian soldier sustained a shrapnel wound, the press centre of the Ukrainian military has said.
According to the press centre, the militants opened fire on Ukrainian troops’ positions near Vodiane and Shyrokyne in the Mariupol sector using grenade launchers, near Hnutove using 120 mm ad 82 mm caliber mortars, grenade launchers, large-caliber machineguns and armored vehicles, and launched 13 mines of 82 mm caliber in Krasnohorivka.
In the Luhansk sector, the militants opened fire on Novozvanivka, Troyitske, Novo-Oleksandrivka and Donets using grenade launchers and small arms, the report said.
