Ukraine war updates: daily briefings as of May 28, 2016

Ukraine war updates from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of May 28, 2016 by ATO HQ operational data and Presidential Administration spokesman on ATO issues briefing: EMPR highlights.

(1) Russian armed forces and their proxies continue Minsk agreement violations in the war zone in southeast Ukraine; they opened fire in total 40 times over the last day, including 2 times on Luhansk direction,  14 times on Donetsk direction and  23 times on Mariupol direction;

(2) Luhansk direction: Russian occupiers opened fire from machine guns, grenade launchers and APCs in Stanytsya Luhanska and automatic grenade launchers in Popasna;

(3) Donetsk direction: situation remains tense, powerful Russian shellings reported in Avdiivka, Zaytseve and Luhanske; in particular, the enemy used forbidden 82-mm and 120-mm mortar fire during attacks at Avdiivka and 82-mm mortars fire near Zaytseve; the enemy actively used mortar fire and released around 80 mines upon Ukrainian troops positions; the enemy opened fire from small arms and heavy grenade launchers upon Ukrainian positions in Maryinka and Krasnogorivka; to this end, Russian forces 4 times used heavy and forbidden arms against Ukrainian servicemen;

(4) Mariupol direction: the situation sharply worsened as Russian forces 9 times opened fire upon Ukrainian positions from the heavy arms; in particular, the enemy used MLRS BM-21 Grad, 152-mm Russian artillery fire while shelling at Ukrainian forces in Dokuchaevsk; 1 combat reported between Russian and Ukrainian forces on this direction, but Ukrainian servicemen forces the enemy to step back; the enemy used forbidden 82-mm and 120-mm mortar fire against Ukrainian troops near Novotroytske; the enemy used 120-mm mortars and 152-mm Russian artillery while shelling upon Ukrainian fortifications in the village of Mykolayivka; to this end, Ukrainian forces where shelled by the enemy from small arms and grenade launchers near Vodyane and Shyrokino;

(5) 1 Ukrainian serviceman killed in action (during combat in Mariupol direction), no wounded in action among Ukrainian servicemen in southeast Ukraine over the last 24 hours.

EMPR

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