Three Ukrainian military servicemen have been killed and one injured near the town of Krasnohorivka, Maryinka district, Donetsk region, on Saturday, and one more was injured near the village of Verkhniotoretske in the Yasynuvata district, Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzianyk said.

"Over the past 24 hours, as a consequence of hostilities, three Ukrainian military servicemen have been killed. This happened near Krasnohorivka as a consequence of hostile mortar shelling," Motuzianyk said at a briefing in Kyiv on Sunday.

"Two more military servicemen have been injured over this period: one of them in mortar fire, also near Krasnohorivka, the other fighter sustained an injury as a consequence of hostilities near Verkhniotoretske," the spokesman said.