Ukraine war updates: daily briefings as of May 26, 2016

Ukraine war updates from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of May 26, 2016 by ATO HQ operational data and Presidential Administration spokesman on ATO issues briefing: EMPR highlights.

(1) Russian armed forces and militants don’t stop shellings all across the frontline in southeast Ukraine: they opened fire in total 28 times, including 6 times on Luhansk direction,  12 times on Donetsk direction and  10 times on Mariupol direction;

(2) Luhansk direction: Russian occupiers fulfilled 2-hours shelling upon Ukrainian forces positions in Novozvanivka with the use of infantry fighting vehicles and anti-aircraft installations; another Russian armed provocation with grenade launchers against Ukrainian servicemen took place in Stanytsya Luhanska;

(3) Donetsk direction: combats continue in Avdiivka, Luhanske and Zaytseve; Russian forces used APCs, mortar launchers and sniper fire there; in particular, shellings dont stop in the suburb of Donetsk and Horlivka, thus the enemy used forbidden by the Minsk agreements grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and 82-mm mortars against Ukrainian troops at the south from Avdiivka; in addition, Russian forces opened fire against Ukrainian positions near Maryinka with the use of small arms; 3 Russian shellings fulfilled with the use of heavy arms on this direction;

(4) Mariupol direction: situation has not been changed so far, the enemy’s attacks reported all across the frontline from Krasnogorivka to Shyrokino; in particular, Russian forces opened fire with heavy machine guns and grenade launchers at Shyrokino; to this end, Ukrainian troops were forced to return fire near Novotroytske upon Russian subversives;

(5) 6 Russian UAVs were spotted over the Ukrainian territory during the last day;

(6) Russian armed forces losses in fighting in southeast Ukraine over the last day are as follows: 3 killed and 19 wounded;

(7) No lethal casualties reported among Ukrainian serviceman, but 3 Ukrainian servicemen were wounded in action (as a result of sniper fire) in the war zone in southeast Ukraine over the last 24 hours.

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