Militants have fired 19 times on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas over the past 24 hours, including seven times using weapons banned by the Minsk agreements, wounding two Ukrainian soldiers, the press center of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) headquarters has said.

"Russian invaders opened fire on the positions of our troops 19 times, including seven times with the use of weapons proscribed by the Minsk agreements. Two servicemen of the Joint Forces were injured in fighting," the JFO HQ said in a report on its Facebook page on Saturday morning.

Over the past day, militants shelled Ukrainian positions near Krymske, Svobodne, Komyshuvakha, Troitske, Luhanske, Shumy, Maryinka, Novotroitske, Pavlopil, Hnutove, Vodiane, and Shyrokyne.

Illegal armed formations used grenade launchers, heavy machineguns and small arms.

According to Ukrainian intelligence, two militants were killed and seven wounded in the past day.