14:46 26.09.2016

Kyiv reports injury of two Ukrainian soldiers in Donbas conflict zone in past 24 hours

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Kyiv reports injury of two Ukrainian soldiers in Donbas conflict zone in past 24 hours

No Ukrainian servicemen were killed yet two were wounded in the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman for ATO issues Oleksandr Motuzianyk said.

"None of our servicemen were killed during the past day, however, two men suffered injuries in the hostilities near Avdiyivka," he said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Monday.

Hostilities have been shrinking throughout the contact line, in particular, in the Donetsk and Mariupol sectors, Motuzianyk said.

Small arms were used near Novozvanivka and Popasna in the Luhansk sector, the Defense Ministry spokesman said. The hostiles used anti-tank weapons near Popasna.

Avdiyivka and Verkhniotoretske remained hotspots in the Donetsk sector, Motuzianyk said. As many as fifty-one 120mm and 82mm mines were lobbed into Ukrainian positions in Avdiyivka over the past day. The hostiles used a grenade launcher and machineguns in the same area.

Three violations of the truce were observed near Mariyinka, Pavlopil and Novotroitske in the Mariupol sector, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman said. Small arms were used in every incident, he said.

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