One Ukrainian soldier has been killed in action, while another one has been wounded in action after illegal armed formations in Donbas mounted attacks on Ukrainian troops on Monday, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters has said.

"Armed Russian-backed illegal formations continue violating the ceasefire. Since the beginning of the day, they have opened fire on Ukraine soldiers in all directions along the contact line seven times. One defender of our country has been killed in shelling by the illegal armed formations. Another one has been wounded," the ATO HQ said in an update based on information as of 18:00 local time on Monday, July 3.