One Ukrainian soldier killed in Donbas in last day

14:28, 18.02.2016 1 min read

One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and another three have suffered injuries in the Donbas combat zone in the past 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) issues Oleksandr Motuzianyk has said.

"One of our soldiers has been killed and another three have suffered injuries over the past day. A group of servicemen hit a booby trap near the village of Pisky [close to the ruined Donetsk airport]; one soldier was killed and two were injured. Another soldier of ours was wounded in a mortar attack near the town of Maryinka," Motuzianyk said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.

Forty-seven militant attacks have been observed over the past day, a quarter of them by use of heavy weapons banned by the Minsk peace agreements, he said.