One Ukrainian soldier killed, five wounded in ATO area

One Ukrainian serviceman was killed, five servicemen were wounded as a result of armed provocations staged by militants in Donbas over past 24 hours.

Spokesman for the Presidential Administration on the anti-terrorist operation, Colonel Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another five were wounded as a result of clashes over past day," he said.

According to the spokesman, the illegal armed groups violated ceasefire 21 times.

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