Two checkpoints where Ukrainian border guards serve came under fire of automatic grenade launchers and small arms, Ukraine's State Border Guard Service said on Aug. 1.
At 7:25 p.m. on July 31 the Mayorsk checkpoint was shelled, it said. The adversary from time to time conducted intense fire, using small arms of the caliber of 5.45 mm and 7.62 mm in the direction of Horlivka. No individuals or vehicles were allowed to proceed through the checkpoint while it was under fire. Border guards undertook all appropriate measures to avoid casualties among civilians, it said in a report.
Besides, the adversary opened fire on the Maryinka checkpoint at 10.45 p.m., it said. The positions at the checkpoint came under fire of small arms that have the caliber of 7.62 mm and were shelled with grenades released from AGS-17 automatic grenade launchers. Fire was conducted from the area of Oleksandrivka held by the enemy, the Ukrainian state agency said.
No one from the Ukrainian border guards was injured in the shellings of the checkpoints, it said.
