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Russia-led occupation forces since the midnight of Tuesday violated the ceasefire regime four times in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area, and one Ukrainian soldier is reported wounded in action (WIA), Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has reported.

“Today, on September 3, the enemy has already carried out armed provocations against the positions of the units of the Joint Forces four times… According to reports, one of our defenders was injured as a result of enemy targeted attacks from the beginning of the day. The soldier was evacuated to the military mobile hospital. The state of his health is satisfactory,” Spokesperson of the Defense Ministry Dmytro Hutsuliak said at a briefing in Kyiv.

So, Russia-backed separatists fired twice at the positions of the Ukrainian defenders of the village of Pavlopil using heavy machine guns and automatic easel grenade launchers.

Also, from 5:30 a.m., the enemy fired 82mm mines and used heavy machine guns against our defenders of the village of Troitske, and from 07:45 the enemy began firing small arms at the defenders of the village of Krymske.