Militants have shelled Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 29 on Thursday, wounding two servicemen, the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters said on Facebook.

"Our strongholds near Maryinka came under attack of infantry combat vehicle weapons, grenade launchers and mortars in the period from 9 p.m. till 10 p.m. The provocative attacks inflicted shrapnel injuries on two Ukrainian soldiers," the report said.

Militants fired grenade launchers and machineguns on Vodiane, Pavlopil, Shyrokyne and Hnutove, it said.

Militants launched five attacks using mortars, heavy machineguns and small arms on the Avdiyivka area from the side of Spartak, Yasynuvata and Mineralne in the Donetsk sector. The Luhansk sector saw attacks on Stanytsia Luhanska, Novooleksandrivka and Novotoshkivka.