One Ukrainian serviceman has been injured as a result of attacks by illegal armed groups in Anti-Terrorist operation (ATO) zone in the Donetsk sector on Wednesday, the press centre of the ATO headquarters has said.

Since the beginning of the day, as of 18:00 p.m. on January 4, militants have fired ATO positions 32 times, the ATO staff press centre said on its page. In particular, Troyitske of the Yasynuvatsky district and Zaitceve of the Bakhmut region in the Donetsk sector were fired by 120 mm and 82-mm mortars, while the village of Luhanske of the Bakhmut district, the village of Kruta Balka of Yasynuvatsky district and the town of Avdiyivka were shelled by rocket-propelled grenades and small arms.

"In the Mariupol sector militants repeatedly fired Vodiane and Shyrokyne using mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms were used to shell Hnutove, Shyrokyne, Talakivka and Pavlopil. The village of Shyrokyne was shelled by weapons of infantry combat vehicles. In the Luhansk sector the enemy fired 120-mm mortar shells at Novozvanivka, whereas Stanytsia of Luhanska was fired from rocket-propelled grenades," the statement says.