Donbas update: Invaders breach truce twice Dec 19

Censor.NET reports referring to the JFO press centre Facebook page.

Not far from Novozvanivka, the enemy fired 122-mm artillery.

Toward the town of Svetlodarsk, Russian mercenaries opened fire using large-calibre machine guns.

There were no casualties among Joint Forces in the past day, the report notes.

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Ukrainian defenders returned fire without employing arms proscribed by the Minsk accords and forced the enemy to cease shelling.

As of 7:00 Kyiv time on December 20, Ukraine reported no new ceasefire violations by the Russian occupation forces.