Russia – Ukraine war updates from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of August 18, 2019 by Joint forces operation HQ data: EMPR highlights.
(1) Russian hybrid forces launched 8 attacks in the war zone in eastern Ukraine over the last 24 hours
(2) Russian proxies launched 7 attacks with the following types of arms in the East area:
manual anti-tank grenade launchers – near Lebedynske (2 times),
automatic grenade launchers – near Pavlopil (2 times),
grenade launchers of different systems – Pavlopil (2 times) and Pishchevyk,
small arms – near Pavlopil, Lebedynske and Pishchevyk.
(3) Russian proxies launched 1 attack near the settlement of Pivdenne in the North area with the use of the following arms:
grenade launchers,
small arms.
(3) No losses and wounded in actions reported among Ukrainian serviceman for the past day.
Source and image credits: JFO HQ
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