Kiev's Forces Attempted to Attack LPR's Positions, Sustained Casualties, Lugansk Says
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Ukrainian forces shelled multiple settlements overnight in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in Ukraine's southeast, according to the DPR mission to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination on the ceasefire regime (JCCC).
The Ukrainian forces attempted to attack the positions of the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic, but suffered losses and retreated, the defenсe department of the republic reported.
"At around 5 am on 20 February, fighters of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade made an attempt to attack the positions of the People's Militia in the area of the settlement of Pionerskoye, crossing the Seversky Donets River. As a result of the clash, the enemy suffered losses and retreated," the People's Militia said in a statement.
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