15:53 07.06.2016

One Ukrainian serviceman killed, nine injured in ATO in past 24 hours

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One Ukrainian serviceman killed, nine injured in ATO in past 24 hours

One Ukrainian army serviceman was killed and another nine injured in Donbas in the past 24 hours, Ukrainian Presidential Administration spokesman for the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) Andriy Lysenko has said.

"A Ukrainian serviceman was killed and nine soldiers injured over the past day," he told a press briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.

One serviceman was killed and another one was injured near the village of Pyschevyk, another three servicemen were injured in Novotroitske, two near the Putylivska mine, two near Avdiyivka, and one in Mayorsk, Lysenko said.

The village of Sokilnyky, located in the Novoaidar district of Luhansk region, has come under fire in the past 24 hours.

The situation in Donetsk region remains unchanged, Lysenko said. Shootouts have occurred along the entire contact line in the past 24 hours. More than 150 mines of different calibers were fired at Ukrainian military positions.

An artillery strike was recorded near the village of Bohdanivka near the city of Mariupol, he said. Shelling was also reported in Maryinka, Shyrokyne, Dokuchayevsk and Pavlopil. A total of 17 strikes have been recorded near Mariupol in the past 24 hours.

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