Militants shelled Ukrainian army positions 30 times over the past day in Donbas

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Over the past day, August 6, militants launched 30 attacks on Ukrainian positions in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in Donbas, 4 times using heavy weapons. This is reported by the press center of Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation HQ on Facebook.

Militants opened aimed fire from grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms, and in separate areas enemy engaged Ukrainian troops from infantry fighting vehicles.

«Enemy shelled the Ukrainian defenders of the settlements of Krymske, Luhanske, Novoluhanske, Pivdenne, Novhorodske, Maryinka, Avdiyivka, Krasnohorivka, Chermalyk, Hnutove, Lebedynske, Pavlopil, Vodiane and Shyrokyne. Along with this, the enemy fired at our [Ukrainian] positions near Novoluhanske and Lebedynske from 82-mm mortars, and defenders of Avdiyivka came under fire 120-mm and 82-mm mortars. Also, the enemy used a 120-mm mortar against our troops positions near Hnutove,» – said in a statement.

As a result of military operations in Donbas, three Ukrainian soldiers were injured.
In turn, according to intelligence data, one militant was killed, four other were wounded.