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Ukrainian, Russian speaking separatists exchange fire in Donetsk
 Ukrainian and separatists exchanged fire near the coast of the Sea of Azov and near Donetsk Wednesday afternoon, according to official and other published reports.According to an article posted in the Ukrainian language lb.ua, separatists fired on Ukrainian troops near the settlements of Vodyany and Pavlopol Thursday morning. The separatists used automatic grenade launchers and RPG launchers. The report also stated that separatists fired 82mm mortar fire at Yuzhnovo. One unidentified Ukrainian soldier was reportedly wounded in that attack. According to a news release from the Donetsk People's Republic Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian units fired 120mm mortar delivered mines a the separatist held settlement of Leninskoye, near the Sea of Azov, Thursday morning. The report said the mortar fire came from the Ukrainian held settlement of Vodyany. Elsewhere, according to separatist report, Ukrainian fired 120mm mortar delivered mines at Gorlovka, near the Gagarin mine Thursday afternoon. The report said the mortar fire came from Dzerzhinsk from he village of the Yuzhnaya mine. According to a VKontakte post from Russian reserve FSB Colonel Igor Girkin, one civilian was seriously wounded in the mortar attack and required hospitalization. Posted by: badanov 2021-02-05 |
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