One Ukrainian serviceman was killed early on Tuesday as a result of shelling by militants in Donbas, according to the website of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.

"Two cases of enemy shelling have been recorded since midnight in the area of the Joint Forces Operation to repel and restrain Russia's armed aggression in Donbas. The invaders used grenade launchers and small arms to fire at our defenders in the settlements of Zolote and Hnutove. One of our servicemen, born in 1978, was killed in combat actions at about 08.00," reads a report posted on the ministry's website on Tuesday.