Vijftien aanvallen, vier rebellen gewond bij tegenvuur

De door Rusland aangestuurde rebellen hebben het leger gisteren vijftien maal aangevallen. Aan Oekraïense zijde bleef iedereen ongedeerd, maar door tegenvuur van het leger zouden vier rebellen gewond zijn geraakt. Er werd onder meer geschoten met 82 millimeter mortieren, granaatwerpers en vanuit pantserwagens. Doelwit waren de legerposities bij Marjinka, Krasnohorivka en de dorpen Mikolajvka, Sjirokine, Vodiane, Pavlopil, Bohdanivka, Talakivka, Piski en Katerinivka.

De separatisten in Donetsk melden veertien aanvallen van het Oekraïense leger op hun posities bij de dorpen Dolomitne, Loehanske, Starohmichailivka, Alexandrivka, Bezimennoje, Oktober, Oekrajinske, Sachanka, Dzerzhinske en Leningske. Het leger zou daarbij gebruik hebben gemaakt van onder meer 82 en 120 millimeter mortieren en pantserwagens.

Volgens de separatisten in Loehansk waren er drie aanvallen van het leger op hun posities bij Pervomajsk, Zolote-5 en Kalinove-Borstsjevatoje. Hier werden onder meer 82 millimeter mortieren ingezet.

Bronnen: Unian, DAN, Lugansk Media Centre

Ukraine reports 15 enemy attacks in Donbas in past day 09:25, 18 July 2019 War 120 0 Shelling brought no casualties over the period under review. REUTERS REUTERS Russia's hybrid military forces on July 17 mounted 15 attacks on Ukrainian Army positions in Donbas, eastern Ukraine. "Proscribed weapons – 82mm mortars – were used in one instance," the press center of Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation (JFO) Headquarters said in an update posted on Facebook as of 07:00 Kyiv time on July 18, 2019. Enemy forces also opened fire from grenade launchers of various types, cannons installed on infantry fighting vehicles, heavy machine guns, and automatic rifles. Read alsoNew ceasefire in Donbas may begin at midnight on July 22 – TCG talks in Minsk Under attack came Ukrainian positions near the towns of Maryinka and Krasnohorivka, and the villages of Mykolaivka, Shyrokyne, Vodiane, Pavlopil, Bohdanivka, Talakivka, Pisky, and Katerynivka. "The Ukrainian Army reported no casualties over the past day. Each enemy attack saw an adequate response," the JFO HQ said. The Ukrainian Armed Forces used weapons that are not banned under the Minsk agreements. According to intelligence reports, four enemy troops were wounded. "Since Thursday midnight, Russian-led forces haven't attacked Ukrainian positions yet," the report reads.

Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/war/10621524-ukraine-reports-15-enemy-attacks-in-donbas-in-past-day.html