One Ukrainian serviceman was wounded in shelling by illegal armed groups in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, while another one was injured in an explosion outside a checkpoint, the headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) has said on its Facebook page.

"During the current day, from 07.00 to 18.00, Russian occupation forces violated the ceasefire 12 times [...] One Joint Forces serviceman was injured as a result of combat actions by the enemy," reads the statement.

On August 8, militants did not use weapons banned by the Minsk agreements.

"The invaders opened fire from grenade launchers, heavy machineguns and small arms at the positions of the Joint Forces near the settlements of Zaitseve, Kamianka, Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka, Pavlopil, Lebedynske, Vodiane and Shyrokyne," the headquarters said.

In addition, at around 15.00, a serviceman from the Kramatorsk border detachment of the Joint Forces was wounded after an explosive device blew up near the Maryinka checkpoint.