Russian-backed separatists violated the truce 31 times over the past day, while the forces of the Ukrainian army returned fire 14 times in the same period, according to the Ukrainian military.
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A Ukrainian soldier loads a DShK heavy machine gun with an ammunition belt at a firing position near town of Luhanske on July 31.