A soldier was killed on Tuesday afternoon in a militant attack on Ukrainian army positions near the village of Vodiane, which is about 27 km from the Ukrainian-controlled port city of Mariupol; the incident violated a ceasefire in Donbas, which lasted for more than a day, the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters has said.

"The enemy opened fire on our positions near Vodiane on the coast of the Sea of Azov in Donetsk region, using large-caliber machine-guns and small arms. Unfortunately, an ATO soldier has been killed in the enemy attack," the ATO HQ said in its update on Facebook as of 18:00 Kyiv time on Tuesday, January 30.