Over the past day, August 29, 9 ceasefire violations by the armed formations of the Russian Federation were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation area in eastern Ukraine.
As a result of the Russia-backed terrorists shelling, two members of the Joint Forces were wounded. The soldiers were transported to medical institutions. The state of health of one wounded Ukrainian defender is assessed by doctors as serious, the other – as satisfactory.
Ukrainian soldiers opened fire in response to the enemy shelling.
As of 07:00 on August 30, one ceasefire violation was recorded. In particular, the enemy opened fire from easel antitank and automatic easel grenade launchers, as well as heavy machine guns near Novozvanivka (70km west of Luhansk). No casualties were reported.
The Ukrainian side of the Joint Control and Coordination Center informed the OSCE SMM about all violations by the Russian-occupation troops, using the established coordination mechanism.