LUHANSK/KYIV. June 19 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian army has launched 10 attacks on the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) in the past 24 hours, the LPR militia told Interfax on Monday.
"The Ukrainian army breached the truce 10 times during the day, using 122mm artillery, 120mm and 82mm mortars, grenade launchers, and small arms," the militia said.
The army attacked the vicinity of Frunze, Kalynove, Vesela Hora, Zholobok and Obozne, it said.
"There has been neither damage nor civilian or militia casualties," the militia said.
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) observed 47 truce breaches by the Ukrainian army. "The Ukrainian army breached the truce 47 times during the day. Attacks were launched on 15 populated localities from artillery, tanks, mortars, infantry combat vehicles, armored personnel carriers, grenade launchers, and small arms," a spokesman for the DPR Defense Ministry told reporters.
A young woman was killed in the bombardment of the Kominternove neighborhood in the DPR south, he said.
The staff of the Ukrainian army operation, for its part, reported 47 attacks by the self-proclaimed Donbas republics. "Six servicemen have suffered injuries as a result of hostile attacks launched in the past 24 hours," the staff said on Facebook.
Twenty-one attacks on the Ukrainian army's defense lines were seen in the Mariupol sector. For instance, army positions near Pavlopil, Chermalyk, Shyrokyne and Mykolaivka came under attack of 120mm mortars, and 82mm mortars were fired near Vodyane. Besides, the militia used grenade launchers and small arms near those populated localities, Talakivka and Lybidinske.
The militia shelled Ukrainian army positions using 120mm and 82mm mortars near Kamyanka in the Donetsk sector. Grenade launchers and heavy machineguns were fired on Ukrainian positions near Luhanske, and similar weapons were used in the southern suburb of Avdiivka.
The Luhansk sector saw 15 attacks by the militia. Mortars shelled Ukrainian army positions near Krymske, Troitske, Novotoshkivske and Zolote. Small arms, grenade launchers, heavy machineguns, and infantry combat vehicle weapons were engaged in the hostilities near Katerynivka, Novooleksandrivka, Novozvanivka, Stanytsia Luhanska, and Shchastya.