Rebellen vallen leger 47 maal aan, geen gewonden

De pro-Russische rebellen waren ook gisteren weer volop in de aanval. In totaal werden 47 aanvallen op het leger geregistreerd. Aan Oekraïense zijde raakte niemand gewond. De rebellen schoten met 82 millimeter mortieren en granaatwerpers op de soldaten bij de stad Avdiivka, terwijl ze met granaatwerpers, zware machinegeweren en geweervuur de versterkte legerposities bij het dorp Vodiane onder vuur namen.

Ze schoten met granaatwerpers op de soldaten bij de kolenmijn Boetivka en het dorp Kamjanka, zware machinegeweren tegen de verdedigers van de dorpen Pavlopil, Piski en Verchniotoretske. De soldaten bij het stadje Marinka en de dorpen Sjirokine, Talakivka en Hnoetove kregen te maken met geweervuur.

In de provincie Loehansk beschoten de rebellen de legerposities in de dorpen Loehanske en Trojtske met granaatwerpers en zware machinegeweren. Met pantserwagens en machinegeweren vielen ze de versterkte legerposities aan bij het dorp Novhorodske. Tenslotte was er een aanval met geweervuur nabij het dorp Stanitsja Loehanska.

Bron: Unian

Escalation in Donbas: Ukraine reports 47 enemy attacks on Ukraine in last day 09:21, 27 March 2018 War 290 0 No Ukrainian soldiers were killed or wounded in action. Photo by Lana Borysova, Facebook Photo by Lana Borysova, Facebook Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 47 times in the past 24 hours. "In the Donetsk sector, the militants repeatedly fired 82mm mortars and grenade launchers of various types at the Ukrainian troops near the town of Avdiyivka. The occupiers also opened fire from grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms on our fortified positions in the village of Vodiane," the press center of the headquarters of Ukraine's military operations reported on Facebook on Tuesday morning. Read alsoOSCE's Hug to visit eastern Ukraine The Russian occupation forces also used grenade launchers to shell Ukrainian positions near Butivka coal mine and the village of Kamianka, while heavy machine guns were used to attack the Ukrainian defenders of the villages of Pavlopil, Pisky and Verkhniotoretske. Small arms were used near the towns of Maryinka and Avdiyivka, and the villages of Shyrokyne, Talakivka and Hnutove. In the Luhansk sector, the Ukrainian positions in the villages of Luhanske and Troyitske came under fire from grenade launchers and heavy machine guns. The Russian occupation forces opened fire from cannons of infantry fighting vehicles and machine guns on the Ukrainian fortified positions near the village of Novhorodske, while small arms were used near the village of Stanytsia Luhanska. No Ukrainian soldiers were killed or wounded in action, it said.

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