Rebellen vallen 16 maal aan, twee soldaten gewond

Twee Oekraïense soldaten zijn gisteren gewond geraakt bij aanvallen van de door Rusland aangestuurde rebellen die in totaal zestien aanvallen uitvoerden op posities van het leger. Drie rebellen werden bij tegenaanvallen gedood, vijf raakten gewond. De aanvallen met granaatwerpers, zware mitrailleurs en geweren waren gericht tegen de soldaten bij Avdiivka, Marjinka en de dorpen Stanitsja Loehanska, Malinove, Vilni, Shoemi, Pivdenne, Piski, Slavne, Pavlopil, Vodiane en Lebedinske. Soms werden ook 82 millimeter mortieren ingezet door de rebellen, een enkele maal 120 millimeter mortieren en pantserwagens.

Volgens de separatisten in Donetsk is een inwoonster van het dorp Holmoski gisteravond gewond geraakt bij een aanval van het Oekraïense leger. Twee woningen zouden beschadigd zijn. De separatisten in Loehansk maken melding van drie aanvallen, onder meer met 120 millimeter mortieren en pantserwagens op Kalinovo Marjevka.

Bronnen: Unian, DAN, Lugansk Media Centre

wo Ukrainian troops wounded in Donbas in past 24 hours 09:40, 16 November 2018 War 111 0 Three enemy fighters were killed and another five were wounded, intelligence reports say. REUTERS REUTERS Russia's hybrid military forces mounted 16 attacks on Ukrainian army positions in Donbas in the past 24 hours, with two Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action. "Two Ukrainian troops were wounded in the past day. According to intelligence reports, three occupiers were killed and another five were wounded," the press center of Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation said in an update published on Facebook as of 07:00 Kyiv time on November 16, 2018. Read alsoRussia uses Donbas as testing ground for new arms, disposal of old ammunition – Ukraine's intel Russian occupation forces opened aimed fire from grenade launchers of various systems, heavy machine guns and small arms to attack the defenders of the towns of Avdiyivka and Maryinka. The villages of Stanytsia Luhanska, Malynove, Vilniy, Shumy, Pivdenne, Pisky, Slavne, Pavlopil, Vodiane, and Lebedynske were also under attack. Also, the enemy shelled the Ukrainian positions near Vilniy, Shumy, Pivdenne, and Vodiane, using 82mm mortars. Ukraine's fortified positions near Pivdenne and Vodiane came under fire from 120mm mortars, while Vilniy was attacked from weapons installed on infantry fighting vehicles. "There have been no attacks by Russian-led forces since Friday midnight," the report said.

Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/war/10339650-two-ukrainian-troops-wounded-in-donbas-in-past-24-hours.html