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Donbas shelling reported ahead of 21 May 2018

Summary

A retrospective on the security reports from Donbas in the days before 21 May 2018.

What did the front line in Donbas look like on 21 May 2018? The most recent security report in the days leading up to that date, dated 19 May 2018, described continued shelling.

Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation said that over the previous 24 hours, Russian-led militants had carried out 43 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas. As reported at the time, they used artillery systems and fired 120mm and 82mm mortars on 10 occasions.

The operation reported no casualties among Ukrainian servicemen. According to intelligence data cited in the same report, two militants were killed and three others wounded.

The report was part of the broader coverage of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.

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