Over the past day, Russian-occupation forces in Donbas opened fire on Ukrainian positions five times, using machine guns and grenade launchers, there are no casualties among servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Since the beginning of the current day, one shelling from the separatists has been recorded, the Joint Force Operation (JFO) headquarters said.
“Over the past day, Dec. 30, in the area of the Joint Force Operation, five ceasefire violations were recorded […]. There are no combat casualties or injuries among the Ukrainian soldiers,” the headquarters said in the morning report on the Facebook page on Dec. 31.
In particular, in the area of responsibility of the Skhid (East) task force near Avdiyivka, the Russia-backed separatists several times opened fire towards the Ukrainian positions from grenade launchers of various systems, and not far from Starohnativka, using a large-caliber machine gun.
In the evening, the separatists became more active in the area of responsibility of the Pivnich (North) task force. It is noted that in order to identify the fire weapons on duty, Russian-occupation forces fired from automatic heavy grenade launchers, large-caliber machine guns and small arms near Popasna.
“The ceasefire was observed in the rest of the areas of responsibility of our units,” the headquarters said.
The Ukrainian military said they opened fire on the shelling of the enemy. The OSCE representatives through the Ukrainian side of the JCCC were reported about the facts of the ceasefire violation. “Since the beginning of the current day, Dec. 31, one violation of the ceasefire regime has been recorded in the area of the Joint Force Operation. Thus, in the area of the Starohnativka settlement, the enemy opened fire from a hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher and small arms,” the JFO said.
