One Ukrainian soldier killed, one wounded in Donbas over past day

One Ukrainian soldier was killed, another one was wounded in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area in Donbas over the past day.

Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s spokesman for ATO issues Dmytro Hutsuliak said this at a briefing on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"Unfortunately, one 39-year-old serviceman was killed yesterday. Another one was injured. He was immediately taken to a mobile hospital. The state of his health is satisfactory," Hutsuliak said.

According to him, Russian-backed militants again used weapons banned under the Minsk agreements. They fired 10 times at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past day.

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