Record number of attacks in east Ukraine recorded over six months

“[Russia-backed separatists] launched 81 attacks on the Ukrainian positions. It is a record number since late August,” Lysenko said. He added that the enemy had used heavy weapons 12 times. They were to be withdrawn under the Minsk agreements on ceasefire, reached nearly a year ago. The attacks persisted on the villages around the city of Donetsk. They also resumed in the Luhansk region that was relatively calm lately. One Ukrainian soldier was killed, and three were injured in the conflict over the last day, Lysenko reported. The soldier was killed in the shelling of the village of Zaitseve. Three were injured in mortar attacks on Mayorsk and Maryinka, he said at the briefing.