ATO HQ reports 1 killed, 2 wounded soldiers amid three enemy attacks in last day

10:59, 31.01.2018 1 min read

Russia's hybrid military forces have mounted three attacks on Ukrainian army positions in Donbas in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action and another two as wounded in action, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation Headquarters reported on Facebook on Wednesday morning.

"In general, during the past day, there have been three attacks on ATO forces by militants. Unfortunately, there are casualties again among our servicemen. As a result of enemy shelling, one Ukrainian soldier was killed, two more were injured," the ATO staff said on Facebook.

In the Donetsk sector, the enemy fired 82mm mortars and grenade launchers at our defenders stationed near the village of Pisky. In the Mariupol sector, the militants used 82mm mortars near the village of Lebedynske, as well as heavy machine guns and small arms near the village of Vodiane.