Five Ukrainian soldiers have been injured in the Anti-Terrorist operation (ATO) zone in the east of the country over the past day, Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzianyk has said.

"Over the past day no Ukrainian soldier was killed, but five were injured," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday.

Motuzianyk said that in the Luhansk sector a number of cases of ceasefire violations has decreased twice - to ten cases. Of which, two shelling at Troyitske took place with the usage of mortars. In the Popasna area, near the village of Novozvanivka, illegal armed formations fired ATO positions using propelled grenades of different systems and small arms, mostly at nighttime. The enemy carried out an armed provocation in the Stanytsia Luhanska and Lopaskyne.

In the Donetsk sector the militants fired Svitlodarsk bulge, northern outskirts of Horlivka and Avdiyivska industrial zone. Heavy weaponry was used by militants in all three areas. A total of 11 enemy attacks were recorded in the Donetsk sector over the past day, including five attacks using heavy weapons.

In the Mariupol sector the most tense situation remains in the area of the Pavlopil – Shyrokyne front. "The enemy has begun provoking our military since midnight, opening fire in the direction of Ukrainian positions using rifles and heavy machine guns. Closer to the lunch time the enemy attacked Ukrainian defense lines by mortars in Hnutove, Vodiane and Shyrokyne. At dusk the militants struck an artillery strike on ATO forces in Shyrokyne and double-fired our stronghold in Talakivka from a tank," Motuzianyk said.

In the front line of Maryinka - Krasnohorivka, according to the speaker of Defense Ministry, four cases of ceasefire violation were recorded on Sunday, all of them were unaimed and with the usage of firearms. A total of 30 enemy attacks took place in the Mariupol sector over the past day, including eight attacks fired from heavy weapons.