Two Ukrainian solders were killed and six were wounded in fights with another two who suffered injuries from an explosive device, Ukrainian Presidential Administration spokesman for Anti-Terrorist Operation issues Andriy Lysenko said.

"In the past 24 hours, two Ukrainian servicemen were killed and six were wounded in the hostilities. Another two soldiers of ours suffered injuries as they hit an explosive device," he told a press briefing in Kyiv on Friday.

Two servicemen died in the village of Lopaskyne (Novoaidarsky district in Luhansk region) after their van hit a landmine, Lysenko said.

Another two servicemen suffered injuries in a mortar attack on the village of Luhanske and another two were hurt in the town of Avdiyivka; one was injured in the shelling of the village Zaitseve and another one in the Butivka mine. "All these injuries were due to shelling," he added.

Two more servicemen were injured after they had hit an explosive device in the village of Kamyanka.