10:26 28.03.2017

Two Ukrainian servicemen killed, four wounded, one injured

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Two Ukrainian servicemen killed, four wounded, one injured

Militant forces have shelled Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone 58 times over the past 24 hours, killing two Ukrainian servicemen and wounding another four. One more soldier sustained a combat-related injury, ATO press centre has said.

The heaviest shelling was recorded in the Donetsk sector, where militant forces fired 122mm artillery on Troyitske, used 120mm mortars against Avdiyivka, Troyitske and Luhanske, and fired 82mm mortars, grenade launchers and large-caliber machineguns against Avdiyivka, Kamyanka, Pisky, Novhorodske and Luhanske.

In the Mariupol sector, 82mm mortars and grenade launchers were used against Krasnohorivka and Maryinka, large-caliber machineguns were fired on Novohryhorivka and Vodiane, and a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun was fired on Shyrokyne. The enemy's snipers were also targeting Ukrainian military positions in the vicinity of Pavlopil and Hnutove.

In the Luhansk sector, militant forces fired 152mm artillery on Novozvanivka, used 120mm mortars against Krymske, fired 82mm mortars on Novo-Oleksandrivka, and used anti-tank grenade launchers against Kriakivka.

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