Over the past day, on September 1, the illegal armed formations opened fire at Ukrainian Armed Forces' positions 11 times. One JF serviceman deceased and two wounded during the hostilities. The press office of the Joint Forces reported this on Facebook.
The militants were opening aimed fire from grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms, reads the message.
'The enemy conducted shelling at our positions in the areas of the settlements Krymske, Troitske, Yuzhne, Pavlopil, Vodiane, and Shyrokyne. The rival has significantly reduced the shelling, although, hasn't fully suspended it at the period of the School ceasefire regime. Units of the Joint Forces adhere to their ceasefire commitments,' the HQ advises.
Three militants died and two were injured over the last 24 hours.
From the beginning of the following day, the bandit formations shelled the positions of the Joint Forces two times. They used small arms in Donetsk sector near Marinka, grenade launchers and small arms in the area of Lebedynske. No casualties among the Ukrainian soldiers reported.