In the course of combat clashes and shelling by Russian hybrid forces on November 23, five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) area in Donbas and four more soldiers wounded, the press center of the ATO headquarters has reported.

"In general, seven violations of the ceasefire regime were recorded on the part of the enemy over the entire contact line during the past day, including one military clash. Almost in every case, servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces responded to the precision fire. Unfortunately, five Ukrainian soldiers died during the past day, four others were injured. The condition of one serviceman is dire. The enemy's losses for these days is 17 people: eight killed and nine wounded," the ATO press centre said on Facebook on Friday morning.