One Ukrainian soldier wounded in action in Donbas on Tuesday and Wednesday each

14:22, 21.09.2017 1 min read

One Ukrainian soldier was wounded in action on Wednesday, September 20, in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in eastern Ukraine, speaker for the Defense Ministry for ATO issues Oleksandr Motuzianyk has said.

"No Ukrainian soldiers were killed in hostilities in the past day, September 20. But one soldier was wounded in action. It happened in the town of Avdiyivka while the enemy was shelling," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday, September 21.

He also updated information for Tuesday, September 19, when one Ukrainian soldier was wounded during an enemy attack on the village of Pisky near the ruined Donetsk airport in Donetsk region.

He also reported that there was no violation of the ceasefire in Luhansk region.

There were only 14 enemy attacks on Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk sector on Wednesday. The adversaries used armored equipment and light weapons.

The Mariupol sector saw only five enemy attacks, and ATO forces were forced to fire back, Motuzianyk said.