Militants opened fire 36 times over the past day, four Ukrainian servicemen were wounded

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Militants shelled Ukrainian Armed Forces positions 36 times in Donbas in the past 24 hours. As a result of shelling, four Ukrainian servicemen were injured. This is reported by the press center of Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation (JFO) on Facebook.

«Russian-occupation troops mounted 36 attacks on Ukrainian army positions, 9 times of them using heavy weapons. United forces units conducted active defense and give an adequate response to the enemy and not allow militants to improve tactical position», – the message said.

Hostilities continued near the village of Novotoshkivske in Luhansk region.
In Donetsk region militants were active near the settlments of Zaitseve, Pivdenne, Avdiyivka, Maryinka and Shyrokyne.
As a result of shelling, four Ukrainian servicemen were injured, their lives are not threatened.
According to the intelligence data, three occupiers were killed and another three were wounded.
As «The Journalist» reported earlier, authorities of Kyiv banned fireworks during the JFO in Donbas.