A Ukrainian serviceman was hurt in a pull-action mine explosion near the town of Zolote in the Popasna district of the Luhansk region, head of the regional military-civilian administration Hennadiy Moskal said.
“A 34-year-old serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who suffered
leg and head injuries in a mine explosion has been admitted to the
Artemivsk town hospital. He was injured on Monday evening after he had
hit a pull-action mine near the town of Zolote in the Popasna district,”
the Moskal press service said in a report released on Tuesday.
In addition, Vesela Hora militants put the town of Schastia under
automatic grenade launcher fire on Monday evening, Moskal said. In his
words, the militants was firing for effect at a Ukrainian roadblock
located near a bus station and a bridge. In all, about 25 rounds were
fired without damaging the infrastructures. There were no military or
civilian casualties in that attack, he said.
Hostilities occurred in another two areas of the contact line on
Monday. Automatic weapon and grenade launcher fire went on through the
day, with minor breaks, near a tuberculosis sanatorium on the outskirts
of the village of Krymske. Ukrainian army positions were repeatedly
attacked in the village of Troitske, Popasna district.
There was no gunfire in other populated areas along the separation line.
