Russia-backed separatists have opened fire on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas 17 times over the past 24 hours, wounding two soldiers, the press center of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) headquarters has reported.
“Kremlin-led forces opened fire on the positions of our troops 17 times. Weapons banned by the Minsk agreements were used seven times during the shelling […] Two soldiers of the Joint Forces were injured during the hostilities,” the JFO HQ said in a report on its Facebook page on October 18.
Over the past day, separatists shelled the positions of the Joint Forces near the settlements of Katerynivka, Novoluhanske, Verkhniotoretske, Avdiyivka, Novomykhailivka, Novotroitske, Starohnativka, Pavlopil, Hnutove, Talakivka, Lebedynske, and Shyrokyne.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, four separatists were wounded over the past 24 hours.
