Russia-led forces mounted nine attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, on Friday, January 8. The situation in the JFO zone is under Ukrainian soldiers' control.
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The Ukrainian military are conducting maneuvers at one of the training grounds in Kherson region to test readiness of its units operating the Smerch multiple rocket launchers.
Servicemen of the units subordinate to the Army s Joint Forces Command, serving in the southern direction, have been involved in the practical phase of maneuvers, as reported by the JF HQ. Ukrainian troops worked out the elements of preparations for a rocket launch against conditional enemy targets, the report says.
According to Commander of the Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation, Serhiy Nayev, defenders of the country s south advanced to ad hoc launch positions, deployed and took measures to prepare for launches with elements of site security and defense.
A personnel check at a military unit in the JFO zone on December 17, 2020, revealed the absence of one of the unit s servicemen, it said.
A search did not produce a positive result. It has been established that the serviceman had been detained by members of illegal armed groups [controlled by the Russian Federation in Donbas], the press center said.
The circumstances of the incident are being investigated, it said.
The press center says members of the Russian occupation forces are trying to cynically use this fact to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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The Command of Ukraine s Armed Forces has reported nine violations of the latest ceasefire agreement committed by Russia-controlled armed groups in the Donbas warzone on Sunday, December 20. In the past day, December 20, the Russian Federation s armed formations nine times violated the ceasefire agreements, the press center of the Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation (JFO) Command wrote on Facebook in an update as of 07:00 Kyiv time on December 21, 2020.
In particular, the enemy launched an anti-tank grenade near the village of Vodiane in the Pryazovia area (the north coast of the Sea of Azov). Also, the invaders employed automatic rifles near the village of Pavlopil. The same types of weapons were fired near the village of Pisky. The enemy also provoked the Ukrainian military four times near the town of Avdiyivka, using grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, and rifles.
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The Command of Ukraine s Armed Forces has reported five violations of the latest ceasefire agreement committed by Russia-controlled armed groups in the Donbas warzone on Friday, December 18.
In particular, the enemy fired 120mm mortars near the village of Vodiane in the Pryazovia area (the north coast of the Sea of Azov). Also, the invaders remotely planted 12 POM-2 anti-personnel mines in that area in front of Ukrainian positions, using portable mining kits PKM-1.
What is more, three ceasefire violations were recorded near the town of Avdiyivka where the enemy troops fired hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers, small arms, and under-barrel grenade launchers.