Militants opened fire 17 times on Wednesday, one military wounded

08 February 2018, 10:21 | The Company 
фото с УРА-Информ

As a result of hostilities, one Ukrainian serviceman suffered a military trauma. The doctors provided him with the necessary assistance.

According to URA-Inform, referring to the press center of the headquarters of the antiterrorist operation, during the past day Russian-occupation groups increased the number and intensity of shelling towards Ukrainian defenders.

At the same time, in addition to heavy mortars, the enemy used tank armament and artillery in some sectors of the contact line, which is a grave violation of the Minsk accords. With the onset of twilight, the fire provocations only intensified.

So, in the Lugansk direction the epicenter of tension was the Svetlodar arc. Here the enemy used artillery systems of 122-mm caliber and repeatedly fired from 120-mm mortars along the positions of Ukrainian defenders around Lugansk. Ten 122-mm artillery shells and about two dozen 120-mm mines exploded near the strong points near Troitsky. In the area of ??the Crimean illegal armed formation, Ukrainian defenders were fired from mortars of various calibers and grenade launchers, while Novgorodsky was fired from 82-mm mortars and light infantry weapons.

On the Donetsk route was relatively calm, but in the afternoon the aggressor fired more than an hour from the armament of the tank, grenade cup discharges of various types and heavy machine guns near Peskov. Grenade launchers and machine guns were used by militants on the Azov Sea, near Shirokina.

Recall Tuesday militants increased the number of armed provocations. Particularly active enemy violated the agreement on a ceasefire in the evening. As a result of 14 shelling by illegal armed groups, three servicemen were injured by positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, another was injured.

Источник: УРА-Информ