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

Photo from Ukrinform – UATV

 

Russian controlled forces violated the ceasefire six time in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in eastern Ukraine on January 9, 2020.

“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’:

  • Small arms fire near Pavlopil (25km northwest of Mariupol) and Krasnohorivka (21km west of Donetsk);
  • Grenade launchers of different systems and small arms fire outside Nevelske (18km northwest of Donetsk);
  • Automatic grenade launchers and heavy machine gun fire in the area of Pisky (11km northwest of Donetsk).

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

  • Automatic grenade launchers and hand-held antitank grenade launchers near Vilne (70km southwest of Donetsk).

Over the past day, one Ukrainian soldier was killed and another one was wounded in the enemy shelling.