Four Ukrainian soldiers killed, two wounded in Donbas in last day

Four Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another two were wounded in the anti-terrorist operation area in eastern Ukraine over the past day.

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

“Four Ukrainian soldiers were killed as a result of the enemy shelling near Vodiane, Kamyanka and Travneve in ATO area in last day. Another two our soldiers were wounded and injured. They were promptly delivered to hospitals,” Motuzianyk said.

He added that Russian-backed militants had violated ceasefire in eastern Ukraine 28 times over the past day, using the weapons banned under the Minsk agreements. Ukrainian troops returned fire 16 times.

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