Ukraine Day 1412: LIVE UPDATES BELOW. One Ukrainian soldier was wounded by a mine.
Yesterday’s coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here.
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One Ukrainian soldier was wounded, Unian reported, citing the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).
Col. Oleksandr Motuzyanik, Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman for ATO affairs said Russia-backed forces violated the ceasefire four times in the last day.
There were no battle casualties reported in the previous reporting period, however one Ukrainian soldier was injured by a mine in the area of Krymskoye.
While during the first part of the day, the ceasefire held, in the afteroon, there were attacks with mortar-launches on the Donetsk line.
Near Pavlopol, grenade-launchers and small arms were fired along with 82-mm mortars. Small arms were fired near Vodyanoye.
After 18:00, militants used small arms to fire on Gnutovo, but were repelled by Ukrainian forces returning fire from grenade-launchers and heavy machine guns.
No incidents were reported on the Lugansk line.
— Catherine A. Fitzpatrick