Rebellen vallen 22 maal aan, soldaat raakt gewond

Eén Oekraïense soldaat is gisteren gewond geraakt bij een aanval van de pro-Russische rebellen die in totaal 22 aanvallen op het leger uitvoerden. Het leger op zijn beurt schoot in 15 gevallen terug. In de avonduren waren er aanvallen met granaatwerpers en zware machinegeweren op de versterkte legerposities bij de dorpen Zajtseve, Kamjanka, Loehanske, Verchniotoretske en Majorsk. Ook de soldaten bij de kolenmijn Boetivka en die aan de rand van de stad Avdiivka kregen er mee te maken.

In de omgeving van Marioepol waren er aanvallen met granaten op de soldaten bij het stadje Marinka en het dorp Starohnativka. Uit de provincie Loehansk werden aanvallen van de rebellen gemeld met granaatwerpers en zware machinegeweren op de legerposities bij de dorpen Krimske en Novo-Oleksandrivka. De soldaten bij de dorpen Novozvanivka en Popasna werden onder vuur genomen met zware machinegeweren en geweervuur.

Bron: Unian

ATO HQ update: 22 attacks on Ukraine, one Ukrainian soldier wounded on Oct 23 Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 22 times on Monday, October 23, as a result of which one Ukrainian soldier was wounded, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. War 09:26, 24 October 2017 72 READ LATER Photo from Defense Ministry of Ukraine Photo from Defense Ministry of Ukraine "After 18:00 local time, the enemy continued shelling the positions of the ATO forces in all sectors. They used infantry weapons," the ATO HQ said on Facebook on Tuesday, October 24. The Armed Forces of Ukraine had to fire back 15 times, using the weapons that are not banned under the Minsk peace agreement. Read also OSCE records over 200 explosions in Donbas on weekend In the evening, Russian proxies opened fire from different types of grenade launchers and large-caliber machine guns to attack Ukrainian strongholds in the Donetsk sector, namely near the villages of Zaitseve, Kamianka, Luhanske, Verkhniotoretske, Mayorsk, Butivka coal mine, and the town of Avdiyivka. They used the same types of weapons in the Luhansk sector to shell Ukrainian positions near the villages of Krymske and Novo-Oleksandrivka. Large-caliber machine guns and small arms were used near the villages of Novozvanivka and Popasna. ATO forces stationed near the town of Maryinka and the village of Starohnativka in the Mariupol sector came under enemy grenade fire in the evening.

Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/war/2203861-ato-hq-update-22-attacks-on-ukraine-one-ukrainian-soldier-wounded-on-oct-23.html