Ukraine Day 1377: LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and four were wounded.
Yesterday’s coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here.
An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine
Photo by ATO
There were only 7 violations of the ceasefire but heavy casualties today: 2 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in battle, two were wounded and two concussed in the previous reporting period, the ATO [Anti-Terrorist Operation] reported. There were no casualties November 25.
The ATO said that two soldiers who were believed to have been killed yesterday in an 8-hour long battle with Russia-backed militants near Krymskoye in fact returned to their unit safely, InfoResist reported.
On the Lugansk line, Russia-banked militants attacked Novoluganskoye with 82-mm mortars and attacked Novoalekandrovka with grenade-launchers. Small arms were used to fire on Stanitsa Luganskaya and Krymskoye.
On the Donetsk line, militants fired grenade-launchers near Pavlopol, Nevelskoye and the Butovka mine. They also attacked the suburbs of Avdeyevka and snipers were active near Verknyetoretskoye.
Three civilian women were injured by a grenade explosion in Lugansk.
— Catherine A. Fitzpatrick