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Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 52 times in the past 24 hours, one Ukrainian soldier was wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.
http://www.unian.info/war/1711327-russian-proxies-attack-ukraine-52-times-in-last-day-1-wia.html
In the Mariupol sector, the militants repeatedly fired mortars of different calibers on the villages of Vodiane, Lebedynske and Shyrokyne, as well as rocket-propelled grenades and small arms on the villages of Hnutove, Shyrokyne, Talakivka and Pavlopil. The occupiers also repeatedly used infantry fighting vehicles in Shyrokyne.
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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/394939.html
One Ukrainian serviceman has been injured as a result of attacks by illegal armed groups in Anti-Terrorist operation (ATO) zone in the Donetsk sector on Wednesday, the press centre of the ATO headquarters has said.
Since the beginning of the day, as of 18:00 p.m. on January 4, militants have fired ATO positions 32 times, the ATO staff press centre said on its page. In particular, Troyitske of the Yasynuvatsky district and Zaitceve of the Bakhmut region in the Donetsk sector were fired by 120 mm and 82-mm mortars, while the village of Luhanske of the Bakhmut district, the village of Kruta Balka of Yasynuvatsky district and the town of Avdiyivka were shelled by rocket-propelled grenades and small arms.
"In the Mariupol sector militants repeatedly fired Vodiane and Shyrokyne using mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms were used to shell Hnutove, Shyrokyne, Talakivka and Pavlopil. The village of Shyrokyne was shelled by weapons of infantry combat vehicles. In the Luhansk sector the enemy fired 120-mm mortar shells at Novozvanivka, whereas Stanytsia of Luhanska was fired from rocket-propelled grenades," the statement says.
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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/394942.html
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has congratulated the Ukrainians illegally detained on the territory of Russia on New Year holidays, the Ukrainian Embassy in the Russian Federation has said.
"President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has congratulated Ukrainian citizens, who are illegally kept in the territory of Russia, on the New Year holidays. The Embassy of Ukraine joins the congratulations and implements the necessary measures for the speedy transfer of letters to their recipients," a statement reads posted on the embassy's Facebook page on Wednesday.
The diplomatic mission also published photocopies of these letters. The president's greetings say: "As a president, every day I am making every effort for your speedy return to Ukraine."
The president's letters are addressed to Oleh Sentsov, Oleksandr Kolchenko, Stanyslav Klykh, Mykola Karpiuk, Evhen Panov, Roman Sushchenko, Valentyn Vyhovsky. In addition, Poroshenko turned to Andriy Kolomiyets, Oleksandr Kostenko, Serhiy Lytvynov, Oleksiy Chyrniy, Rustem Vaitov, Ruslan Zeitulyaev, Nuri Primov and Ferat Saifulayev.
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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/395006.html
Over the past day militants have opened fire 52 times using the weapons banned by the Minsk agreements on positions of the Ukrainian military in all sectors, the ATO staff press center said on Thursday morning.
"Russian occupying forces have continued shelling our positions in all sectors. One of our soldiers has been wounded," the report says.
In the Mariupol sector militants repeatedly fired Vodiane, Lebedynske and Shyrokyne using mortars of various calibers. Grenade launchers and small arms were used for attacking Hnutove, Shyrokyne, Talakivka and Pavlopil. Invaders repeatedly fired at Shyrokyne from infantry combat vehicles.
In the Luhansk sector, 120 mm mortar shells were applied to shell at Novozvanivka and Bohuslavska, while Novo-Oleksandrivka and Stanytsia Luhansk were shelled by grenade launchers.
In the Donetsk sector the enemy attacked Troyitske with 152mm artillery fire. At the same time, Troyitske, Zaitseve and Luhanske were shelled by 120 and 82 mm mortars. The adversary repeatedly fired Luhanske, Avdiyivka and Kruta Balka using grenade launchers and small arms.