Russia-backed separatists mounted 44 attacks on Ukrainian army positions in Donbas in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action (KIA) and another one as wounded in action (WIA).
“In the Donetsk sector, Russia-backed separatists fired banned 120mm mortars at our fortified positions in the villages of Opytne, Lebedynske and Shyrokyne, as well as 82mm mortars and tank shells near the village of Pisky. Separatists also employed 82mm mortars attacking the Ukrainian soldiers of the village of Talakivka, grenade launchers of various systems — against militaries of the town of Avdiyivka, and the villages of Bohdanivka, Novotroyitske and Vodyane, and Butivka coal mine, as well as heavy machine guns — against our positions near the villages of Verkhniotoretske and Pavlopil,” the press center of the headquarters of Ukraine’s military operations reported on Facebook on March 26 morning.
