Militants opened fire on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine three times on Thursday, two servicemen were injured, the press center of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) headquarters reported.

"Two servicemen of the ATO forces were injured while on a combat mission. They were promptly taken to military medical institutions and provided the necessary medical assistance," the ATO headquarters reported on its Facebook page on Friday morning.

In the Donetsk sector, militants shelled Ukrainian army positions near Novotroitske using 120-mm mortars. In the Azov Sea area, they fired from an 82-mm mortars at Pavlopil and using grenade launchers of various types to fire at the defenders of Vodiane.