Ukraine war updates: daily briefings as of June 15, 2016

Ukraine war updates from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of June 15, 2016 by ATO HQ operational data and Presidential Administration spokesman on ATO issues briefing: EMPR highlights.

(1) Russian armed forces opened fire 58 times upon Ukrainian troops positions in the southeast Ukraine during the last 24 hours, in particular: 2 times on Luhansk direction, 24 times on Donetsk direction and 32 times on Mariupol direction;

(2) Luhansk direction: Russian armed forces violated ceasefire regime near Tryokhizbenka and Nyzhnyoteple;

(3) Donetsk direction: Avdiivka and Horlivka remain as the hottest spots on this direction; the enemy fulfilled artillery shelling at Butovka mine and opened mortar launchers fire at Avdiivka, Pisky and Nevelske; 2 Russian sniper shelling reported near Zaytseve; Russian armed provocation intensified near the village of Luhanske, where the enemy used APCs, grenade launchers and cannons;

(4) Mariupol direction: heavy combats reported near Pavlopol, where Russian armed forces used artuillery, grenade and mortar launchers; another hot spots reported in Maryinka nad Taramchuk; the enemy used tanks while shelling upon Ukrainianforces positions in Krasnogorivka; 13 y.o. girl was wounded as result of Russian shelling at Chermalyk;

(5) Russia contines supply its troops in southeast Ukraine: 12 tanks of fuel and lubricants arrived to Luhansk through the Russia – Ukraine border crosspoint Izvaryne;

(6) Russian forces’ losses in the war zone for the last day are as follows: 3 wounded;

(7) 2 Ukrainian servicemen were killed in action and 7 more were wounded in action in southeast Ukraine (Pavlopol, Maryinka and Zaytseve) over the last 24 hours.

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