Three Ukrainian soldiers wounded in ATO over last day

Three Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine over the past day.

Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Spokesperson for ATO Oleksandr Motuzianyk said this at a press briefing on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“A serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine was wounded in enemy attacks near Vodiane. Another two servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were wounded near Luhanske and the village of Pisky,” Motuzianyk said and added that they were immediately sent to hospital.

He also added that Russian-backed militants over the past day violated the ceasefire 21 times, using  weapons which are banned under the Minsk agreements.  The Ukrainian Armed Forces returned fire six times.

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