One day in Donbas: militants violated the ceasefire 22 times
During the past 24 hours, on June 23, 22 ceasefire violations were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation zone.
The press service of the Joint Forces Operation announced this, Rubryka reports.
Near Novoselivka, the enemy opened fire with 82-caliber mortars. Close to Maiorsk, the enemy used hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers and large-caliber machine guns.
Near Pivdenne, Russian mercenaries fired 120-caliber mortars at Joint Forces positions.
In the area of Mariinka, the occupiers fired easel anti-tank grenade launchers and small arms. Toward Krasnohorivka, the enemy fired from easel anti-tank grenade launchers.
Not far from Starohnativka, Russian occupation forces fired twice at Ukrainian troops from 122-caliber artillery systems and 82-mm mortars. Near the settlement of Novhorodske, enemy troops used 82-caliber mortars.
In the Avdiivka area, the Russian occupiers fired four times at Ukrainian defenders with 120- and 82-caliber mortars, anti-tank grenade launchers, and large-caliber machine guns. Russian Allied forces fired twice at the Ukrainian Joint Forces near Luhansk with grenade launchers of various systems and large-caliber machine guns.
In the Azov Sea, near Vodiane, the enemy fired twice at our positions from grenade launchers of various systems and large-caliber machine guns. In the direction of Novooleksandrivka, Russian mercenaries opened fire with easel anti-tank grenade launchers.
Near Novotoshkivske, the occupiers fired at Ukrainian positions with small arms, and near Zolote-4, with hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers. In the area of the settlement of Shirokino, the enemy fired at the positions of the Ukrainian forces with large-caliber machine guns and hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers, converted to 82 mm mines.
In addition, near Avdiivka, the enemy staged a provocation using an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Mavic type, which was trying to fly over the positions of our units. Due to the coordinated calculation actions of the fire means, the provocation was stopped.
Not far from the settlement of Pisky, the flight of an enemy Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicle with the crossing of the demarcation line was recorded. The enemy's RPV was suppressed in time using EW.
As of 7 a.m. on June 24, 4 ceasefire violations were recorded.
Near the town of Novhorodske, the enemy opened fire with 82-caliber mortars. Not far from Pivdenne, Russian occupation forces fired twice at the Ukrainian military with 120-caliber mortars. In the area of the village of Shumy, the occupiers used 120-mm mortars.
Ukrainian defenders opened fire on the enemy's shellings during the past and current days. There are no combat losses due to enemy fire among the Joint Forces. The Ukrainian side of the Joint Ceasefire Control and Coordination Center informed the OSCE SMM Mission of all violations by the Russian occupation forces.