zondag 22 oktober 2017

Veertien aanvallen, één soldaat raakt gewond

Eén Oekraïense soldaat is gisteren gewond geraakt bij één van de veertien aanvallen die de pro-Russische rebellen uitvoerden op het leger. Er werd weer vooral in de avonduren geschoten. De rebellen schoten met granaatwerpers, zware machinegeweren en geweervuur op de versterkte legerposities bij de stad Avdiivka en de kolenmijn Boetivka.

Ook werden urenlang aanvallen met granaatwerpers en zware machinegeweren uitgevoerd op de versterkte legerposities bij de dorpen Kamjanka en Verchniotoretske. In de omgeving van Marioepol werden de versterkte legerposities bij de dorpen Starohnativka en Talakivka onder vuur genomen met tankgranaten en automatische granaatwerpers.

In de provincie Loehansk deden de rebellen twee aanvallen met zware machinegeweren op de soldaten bij het dorp Novozvanivka en eenmaal op Novo-Oleksandrivka.

Bron: Unian
Russian proxies attack Ukraine 14 times, 1 WIA in last day Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 14 times in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. War 10:32, 22 October 2017 46 READ LATER REUTERS REUTERS From 18:00 Kyiv time to midnight, the militants were firing various types of grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms on the Ukrainian fortified positions near the town of Avdiyivka and Butivka coal mine, which are in the Donetsk sector. In the evening, they had been shelling the Ukrainian fortified positions near the villages of Kamianka and Verkhniotoretske for several hours, using the same weapons. Read also ATO report: Donbas militants violate truce 24 times in last day In the Luhansk sector, the Russian occupation forces used heavy machine guns twice against the Ukrainian troops near the village of Novozvanivka at the end of the day, as well as once in the village of Novo-Oleksandrivka. In the Mariupol sector, the Ukrainian fortified positions near the villages of Starohnativka and Talakivka came under enemy fire from anti-tank and automatic grenade launchers.

Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/war/2200564-russian-proxies-attack-ukraine-14-times-1-wia-in-last-day.html

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