Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) spokesman Andriy Lysenko reported that six Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and another seven have been injured in the army operation area in the country's eastern regions over the past 24 hours.

"On the whole, illegal armed units have conducted 64 strikes against forces of the anti-terrorist operation in the past 24 hours. Six Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another seven were injured as a result of armed clashes," Lysenko said in Kyiv on Tuesday.