The shooting at the Luhansk border guard unit continued as of 1030, the Ukrainian Border Guard Service has reported.

"The situation has not changed dramatically: the shooting continues. It has been going for seven hours without interruption," Oleh Slobodian, the head of the agency's press service, told Interfax-Ukraine.

"There is information that five militants have been killed and eight militants have been wounded and up to ten border guards have been wounded. There is currently no help from the anti-terrorist operation forces, Slobodian said.

Information on the fighting near the place where the Luhansk border guard unit is stationed was earlier released by the press service for the Ukrainian Border Guard Service.