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UNIAN: Soldier killed as Russia-led forces violate ceasefire 24 times in Donbas

By UNIAN.

Published June 20, 2019 at 10:02 am

A Ukrainian soldier walks among the debris of ruined Butovka coal mining complex in the combat zone near the Donetsk Oblast city of Avdiyivka, eastern Ukraine, on May 12, 2017.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

On June 19, Russia-led forces violated the ceasefire 24 times, according to the Joint Forces Operation HQ.

Russia-backed separatists opened fire on the Ukrainian military from grenade launchers of various types, large-caliber machine guns, and small arms, the report says.