Russian Controlled Forces Launch Seven Attacks in Donbas Over Past Day

Photo from Ukrinform – UATV

Russian controlled forces launched seven attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in Donbas on December 15, 2019

“The enemy used grenade launchers of different systems, heavy machine guns and other small arms to shell positions of the Joint Forces,” the press center of the JFO Headquarters reports.

In the zone of action of tactical force ‘East’:

• Mounted and hand-held antitank grenade launchers, heavy machine gun and small arms fire near Lebedynske (16km east of Mariupol).

In the zone of action of tactical force ‘North’:

• Mounted antitank grenade launchers near Luhanske (59km northeast of Donetsk);
• Mounted antitank grenade launchers, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and under-barrel grenade launchers outside Krymske (42km northwest of Luhansk);
• Automatic grenade launchers in the area of Vilne (70km southwest of Donetsk);
• Mounted antitank grenade launchers and automatic grenade launchers near Svitlodarsk (57km northeast of Donetsk);
• Mounted antitank grenade launchers, heavy machine gun and other small arms fire outside Zaitseve (50km northeast of Donetsk).

Two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded over the past day.