Militants in Donbas have fired on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces 40 times over the past 24 hours, including once from heavy weapons, wounding two Ukrainian servicemen, the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) headquarters' press center said on its Facebook page on Saturday morning.

"Russian occupation forces fired from grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms. The use of an 82mm mortar was also recorded [...] Two Ukrainian defenders were slightly injured in fighting," the report says.

The enemy fired on the defenders of Krymske, Novozvanivka, Novoluhanske, Luhanske, Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Nevelske, Novomykhailivka, Chermalyk, Hnutove, Lebedynske, Pavlopil, Vodiane and Shyrokyne. Militants also fired from 82mm mortars at the defenders of Chermalyk.

On Saturday, militants opened fire four times on Ukrainian positions near Krymske, Lebedynske, Pavlopil and Shyrokyne. No losses among Ukrainian troops were recorded.

According to Ukrainian intelligence, two militants were killed, and one was injured.