13:11 11.01.2016

One Ukrainian serviceman killed, another injured near Horlivka in Donbas

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One Ukrainian serviceman killed, another injured near Horlivka in Donbas

One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed in Donbas over the past day, Ukrainian Presidential Administration spokesman for anti-terrorist operation Andriy Lysenko has said.

He said the incident occurred on the outskirts of Horlivka in Donetsk region.

"One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and another has suffered injuries over the past day. This happened in the attack on Zaitseve, north of Horlivka," Lysenko said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Monday.

The enemy continues to use heavy armaments in the Donetsk sector, he said. "Our positions near Troyitske were shelled by a tank. Additionally, the militants used grenade launchers south of Leninske," Lysenko said.

Snipers fired on Ukrainian army positions in the Donetsk airport area, near the village of Opytne in the Yasynuvata district and Avdiyivka in Donetsk region, the spokesman said.

In the Mariupol area, the truce was breached in Starohnativka and Shyrokyne in the Volnovakha district of the Donetsk region. "ATO forces returned fire in Shyrokyne," Lysenko said.

The ceasefire was honored in the Luhansk sector, he said.

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