Russia – Ukraine war updates: daily briefings as of June 28, 2019

Russia – Ukraine war updates from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of June 28, 2019 by Joint forces operation HQ data: EMPR highlights.

(1) Russian hybrid forces launched 34 attacks in the war zone in eastern Ukraine over the past day, including the use of forbidden weaponry in 13 (!) cases. In particular, the enemy used 152-mm and 122-mm artillery and 120-mm and 82-mm mortar launchers fire against Ukrainian troops positions.

(2) Russian proxies launced 16 attacks with the following types of weaponry in the East area:

forbidden 152-mm artillery – near Starognativka,

forbidden 120-mm mortar launchers – near Maryinka (3 times),

forbidden 82-mm mortar launchers – near Opytne (3 times) and Maryinka (3 times),

APC – near Opynte and Vodyane,

easel antitank grenade launchers – near Opytne, Lebedynske (3 times), Krasnogorivka and Vodyane (2 times),

automatic grenade launchers – near Maryinka,

grenade launchers of different systems – Novotroytske suburbs (2 times),

high caliber machine guns – near Lebedynske,

small arms – near Opytne, Maryinka, Lebedynske, Krasnogorivka, Vodyane, and Pavlopil suburs.

(3) Russian occupiers launched 18 attacks with the following types of weaponry in the North area:

forbidden 152-mm artillery – near Novoluhanske (5 times),

forbidden 122-mm artillery – Svitlodarsk suburbs,

forbidden 120-mm mortar launchers – Novgorodske suburbs (3 times), and near Novoluhanske,

forbidden 82-mm mortar launchers – near Hutir Vilnuy, Novoluhanske, and Lopaskino,

APC – near Novoluhanske and Orikhove,

easel antitank grenade launchers – near Novgorodske, Orikhove, Svitlodarsk, and Zaytseve suburbs,

high caliber machine guns – near Novgorodske, Orikhove, Svitlodarsk, Pivdenne, and Krymske,

grenade launchers of different systems – near Zolote-4, Novoluhanske, Luhanske, Pivdenne, and Krymske (2 times),

small arms – near Novgorodske, Novoluhanske, Luhanske, Orihove, Pivdenne, Krymske, and Zaytseve.

(4) Russian forces losses over the last 24 hours are as follows: 3 wounded in actions.

(5) 3 Ukrainian servicemen wounded in actions in the war zone in Euasten Ukraine for the last 24 hours.

EMPR

Source and image credits: JFO HQ

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