Ukrainian border guards report overnight fire on Novoazovsk post; one dead, eight injured

10:06, 02.07.2014 1 min read

Kyiv has reported mortar fire on the Novoazovsk border post in the Donetsk region on the Ukrainian-Russian frontier at 0220 on Wednesday.

"The gunfire killed one serviceman and four sustained injuries of various degrees," the Ukrainian State Border Service said.

A border detail moving towards the border post also came under fire. Four border guards were wounded, three of them seriously, the report said.