“Heavy weapons are being fired, there are victims”: Ukrainian military and militias reported an aggravation of the situation in Donbass

“Heavy weapons are being fired, there are victims”: Ukrainian military and militias reported an aggravation of the situation in Donbass

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The headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) presented a summary for the day, according to which militiamen opened fire 96 times in the JFO zone in Donbas. As a result, one soldier was killed, another was wounded, five received combat injuries, the material was published on Facebook.

According to the Ukrainian military, over the past day, February 22, out of 96 attacks, 81 were carried out using heavy weapons. Shchastya reportedly came under fire eight times from BM-21 Grad, tanks, 120 mm and 82 mm mortars, mounted anti-tank grenade launchers, mounted automatic grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, small arms, as well as positions of Ukrainian soldiers near Mariupol, settlements of Gnutovo, Shirokino, Mayskoye, Lobachevo, Maryinka, Vodyanoye, Bogdanovka, Zheltoye, Trekhizbenka, Novotroitskoye, Starognatovka, Verkhnetoretskoye, Sands, Nikolaevka, Zaitsevo, Novoluganskoye, Noises, Experienced, Orekhovo, Kamenka – from 122 mm caliber artillery, caliber mortars 120 mm, Muratovo and Kryakovka – with BM-21 “Grad”, Krasnogorovka – from MT-12 anti-tank guns, Granite, Chermalyk, Krymskoye – from artillery of 152 mm and 122 mm caliber, easel automatic grenade launchers, Yuzhnoye, New York, Novoselovka , Mayorsk, Lopaskino – from 82 mm mortars, the village of Luhanska – from heavy machine guns, the 112.ua portal quotes.

In total, as noted in the message, 15 attacks were recorded over the current day, 14 of which were with the use of heavy weapons.

At the same time, the People’s Militia Department of the DPR reported the death of four servicemen as a result of Ukrainian shelling, as well as 66 ceasefire violations along the line of contact with the DPR. In turn, the representative office of the LPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire announced 114 violations of the “silence regime” per day, shelling of 30 settlements. The LPR added that as a result, two civilians and a serviceman of the People’s Militia were killed, houses were destroyed and damaged.

Source: Rosbalt

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