Two Ukrainian soldiers killed in Donbas in past day - Kyiv
KYIV/LUHANSK. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Militia forces conducted 63 strikes on the Ukrainian army's positions in Donbas over the past day, killing two Ukrainian servicemen, the Ukrainian military said.
Regardless of any agreements, the majority of strikes involve mortars of different calibers and heavy artillery, the press service of the headquarters of Kyiv's army operation said on its Facebook page on Friday.
According to the press service, 152mm artillery weapons, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, grenade launchers and small arms were used against Shyrokyne near the city of Mariupol. Grenade launchers and small arms were fired on Lebedinske, Talakivka, Krasnohorivka and Vodyane, small arms and grenade launchers were used against Novotroitske, Hnutove and Pavlopil, and Novotroitske came under sniper fire as well.
Krymske, Novotoshkivske, Novozvanivka, Vodyane, Novooleksandrivka and Popasna in the Luhansk region also came under fire, the press service said.
Mortars were fired on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near Avdiivka, Verkhnetoretske and Zaitseve in the Donetsk region. Grenade launchers and small arms were used against Novhorodske, Kamyanka and Avdiivka.
For its part, the Luhansk information center said, citing the Defense Ministry of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), that the Ukrainian army had shelled LPR territory five times over the past day.
"Kyiv soldiers shelled positions of the LPR militia five times over the past day," it said.
The villages of Kalynove, Zhelobok and Holubivka came under fire, the source said. The Ukrainian army used 122mm artillery weapons and 120mm and 82mm mortars in the strikes.
