On Monday, December 21, militants in Donbas violated the ceasefire agreement and fired on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Pivdenne. Two Ukrainian soldiers received shrapnel wounds.
This was reported on the official Facebook page of the Ukrainian Joint Forces Operations Headquarters.
It was specified in the Facebook post that the fire was launched from the automatic easel grenade launcher as well as from the small arms. As a result of the shelling, two servicemen of the Ukrainian Joint Forces were wounded. The victims have been taken to a medical facility, where they are receiving appropriate medical care. The headquarters of the Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation stressed that the health condition of the wounded servicemen is satisfactory.
"The fact of violation of the ceasefire agreement by the armed forces of the Russian Federation was reported to the OSCE representatives through the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) on ceasefire and stabilization of the demarcation line," – as it was said in the statement.
According to “Apostrophe”, earlier the militants fired three times from the grenade launchers at a civil tractor which was returning from agricultural work. One of the tractor drivers is injured.