As a result of the fighting, none of the Ukrainian servicemen perished. At the same time, three military men were wounded. According to URA-Inform, referring to the press center of the headquarters of the ATU, the enemy adhered to the Christmas truce until seven o'clock in the evening, but after that militants could not resist provocation and thwarted the agreements of the Tripartite Contact Group on the cease-fire.

So, in the Lugansk direction for more than four hours the enemy shelled the positions of the Ukrainian army in the Svetlodarsk arc area. First militants from large-caliber machine guns, with the support of 120-mm mortars, provoked the defenders of Lugansk and fired near fifty settlements of ammunition, and later, from machine guns and grenade launchers, fired at the approaches to Svetlodarsk.

In Donetsk direction, the invaders fired from heavy 120-mm mortars along the defenders of Pavlopol, and from the arms of the BMP, grenade launchers and machine guns near Talakovka.

Around Novotroitsky, the enemy also intensified at lunchtime, "the press center of the headquarters of the ATU.

Most militants used small arms, including snipers, and later increased the pressure - added grenade launchers. In this area Ukrainian troops were forced to give an adequate response to enemy small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.

Recall that the Russian mercenary troops and subordinates and militants on Monday, January 8, thwarted the holiday truce provocative aiming fire on Verkhotoretsky in Donetsk direction.