User:Pietadè/DonbasWarTimelines

This is a timeline of the War in Donbass, from 1 January 2019. The timeline follows an ongoing conflict between Ukraine and anti-government pro-Russian separatists supported by Russian troops in the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine.

1 January
According to the information provided by the spokesman of the Ukrainian operational headquarters in the morning, pro-Russian troops had opened fire on 4 occasions on Ukrainian positions the previous day (including once in Donetsk region and on 3 occasions in Luhansk region ); the fire was returned once. By morning of 1 January one ceasefire violation was registered, at Hnutove, where 82 mm mortar rounds landed at around 25 km NE from Mariupol; no casualties were reported on the Ukrainian side. The spokesman of the Ministry of Defence confirmed at noon that two Ukrainian servicemen were wounded in action in the Donbass region on the last day of December.

The press-centre of the JFO reported in the evening that by 6:00 pm the second ceasefire violation had taken place, at Novotoshkivske (at around 52 km WNW from Luhansk), where positions of Ukrainian troops were engaged by pro-Russian BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles; one Ukrainian serviceman was killed in action.