Russia-backed separatists attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 89 times in the past 24 hours with three Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Ukrainian government’s press office for the military operation in the east.
In the Donetsk sector, the separatist forces used 152mm and 122mm artillery systems to shell the village of Luhanske, report says. Mortars of various calibers, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms were used to fire on the town of Avdiyivka, and the villages of Opytne, Troyitske, Kamianka, Pisky, Pivdenne, Luhanske, Nevelske, Zaitseve, Verkhniotoretske, and Novhorodske.
“Our positions near Avdiyivka were also attacked by a tank. Further, Luhanske and Verkhniotoretske were attacked by infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs),” the report says.
