Russian Controlled Forces Violate Ceasefire Five Times in Donbas Over Past Day

Photo from Ukrinform – UATV

Russian controlled forces violated the ceasefire five times on December 16, 2019 in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in Donbas.

“The enemy used 82mm mortars banned under the Minsk agreements, 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’:

• Grenade launchers of different systems and small arms fire near Verkhniotoretske (22km northeast of Donetsk);
• Under-barrel grenade launchers, heavy machine gun and other small arms fire outside the Butovka coal mine (11.4km northwest of Donetsk);
• 82mm mortars in the area of Pavlopil (25km northwest of Mariupol) and Shyrokyne (20km east of Mariupol).

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

• 82mm mortars to shell Ukrainian troops near Krymske (42km northwest of Luhansk).

One Ukrainian soldier was wounded over the past day.