One Ukrainian serviceman killed, another wounded in Donbas in past 24 hours
KYIV. March 14 (Interfax) - One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and one wounded in Donbas in the past 24 hours, Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian presidential administration on issues relating to the military operation, said.
"One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and one has been wounded in action in the past 24 hours," he told a briefing in Kyiv on Monday.
Kyiv positions in Novotoshkovske, Popasna district, have come under mortar fire on the Luhansk track, he said.
The situation on the Donetsk track, on the Svitlodar Arch, was relatively calm, with militia firing several shots from firearms and grenade launchers, Lysenko said. In Zaitseve near Horlivka, there were attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian military using 80mm and 120mm caliber mortars, he said.
Lysenko emphasized that the situation remains the most difficult in Avdiivka, where militia have used 122mm grenade launchers. He also said he has information that militia have breached the ceasefire regime in Novhorodske, Torets city council, Verkhnotoretske, Yasynuvata district, and there have been mortar attacks in Pisky, Yasynuvata district and Kravnohorivka, Maryinka district of the Donetsk region. A total of 38 attacks were registered on the Donetsk track in the course of 24 hours.
On the Mariupol track, there were several attacks in Maryinka, where militia opened sniper fire on a checkpoint, Lysenko said. Militia also breached the ceasefire regime in Novotroitske and Starohnativka, Volnovakha district of the Donetsk region, he said. A total of five attacks on Ukrainian military positions have been registered on that track in the past 24 hours, he said.
