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Russia’s hybrid military forces on April 18 mounted five attacks on Ukrainian Army positions in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, with three Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action.
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“The Russian Federation’s armed forces violated the ceasefire five times on April 18. Three Ukrainian soldiers were wounded as a result of enemy shelling,” the press center of Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation Headquarters said in an update posted on Facebook as of 07:00 Kyiv time on April 19.
The enemy opened fire, employing proscribed 120mm and 82mm mortars, cannons of infantry fighting vehicles, grenade launchers of various types, heavy machine guns, and small arms.
Under attack came Ukrainian positions near the villages of Luhanske, Travneve, Krymske, and Lebedynske.
Joint Forces returned fire to each enemy shelling. According to intelligence data, one member of Russia-led forces was wounded on April 18.
The enemy did not attack Ukrainian positions from 00:00 to 07:00 Kyiv time on April 19, the report said.
