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Donbas front: 43 attacks reported before 25 May 2018
Summary
A look back at the security picture in eastern Ukraine in the days leading up to 25 May 2018, as reported by Ukrainian forces.
What did the front line in Donbas look like in the days before 25 May 2018? The most recent figures in the reporting came from 19 May 2018, when Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation described a day of constant pressure.
According to the operation, Russian-led militants carried out 43 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas over the previous 24 hours. Ten of those attacks involved artillery systems and 120mm and 82mm mortars. The operation reported no casualties among Ukrainian servicemen.
Intelligence data cited at the time put the militants' losses at two killed and three wounded.
The tally was one daily snapshot of a conflict that the reporting framed as part of Russian military intervention in Ukraine. It showed the mix of weapons in use: heavier artillery and mortars alongside other forms of fire.
Elsewhere, the news from Ukraine in the same week was of a different kind. On 20 May 2018 Elina Svitolina won the WTA Premier tournament in Rome, beating world number one Simona Halep and setting a national record for tournaments won.
