The Ukrainian Ground Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine command has dismissed media reports of howitzers having been destroyed after Russian hackers broke into Ukrainian artillerymen's software.
Ukraine expects practical assistance, namely artillery systems, from Germany, Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk said this in an interview with Reuters.
The number of ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine has grown by a quarter over the past week, especially in the Donetsk sector, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission Principal Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug said.