The militants have fired the positions of the Ukrainian military in Donbas 22 times in past 24 hours, the ATO press centre said on its Facebook page on Tuesday morning.

"Two Ukrainian soldiers died as a result of attacks yesterday. Another three soldiers suffered gunshot wounds," the ATO staff said on Facebook.

The staff reported the engagement of mortars, grenade launchers and machineguns in the attacks launched in the Mariupol, Donetsk and Luhansk sectors.