Five Ukrainian troops were killed and another 14 were wounded in the Anti-Terrorist operation (ATO) zone in Donbas in the past 24 hours, an overwhelming majority of the casualties happened in the fighting in Avdiyivka, Ukrainian Defense Ministry official Oleksandr Motuzianyk said.

"According to tentative information, five Ukrainian troops were killed and 14 were wounded an injured in action in the past 24 hours. The Ukrainian troops incurred almost all the losses in the heavy fighting in Avdiyivka," he told a briefing in Kyiv on Monday.