Russia – Ukraine war updates from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of February 9, 2020 by Joint forces operation HQ data: EMPR highlights.
(1) Russian hybrid forces launched 3 attacks in the war zone in eastern Ukraine for the last day, including the use of forbidden 122-mm artillery and 120-mm launchers.
(2) Russian occupiers launched 1 attack in the East area with the use of the following types of arms:
automatic grenade launchers – near Lebedynske,
high caliber machine guns – near Lebedynske,
small arms – near Lebedynske.
(3) Russian proxies launched 2 attacks in the North area with the use of the following types of arms:
forbidden 122-mm artillery – near Orikhove (12 rounds released),
forbidden 120-mm mortar launchers – near Orikhove (16 mines released),
high caliber machine guns – near Schastya,
small arms – near Schastya.
(4) No losses reported among Ukrainian servicemen for the last 24 hours.
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