Kyiv has reported mortar fire on the Novoazovsk border post in the Donetsk region on the Ukrainian-Russian frontier at 2.20 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2.
“The gunfire killed one serviceman and four sustained injuries of various degrees,” the Ukrainian State Border Service said.
A border detail moving towards the border post also came under fire. Four border guards were wounded, three of them seriously, the report said.
According to the report, about 20 mines were fired on the Novoazovsk post from the side of Markyne, a village in the Novoazovsk district of the Donetsk region.
“The border control post suspended service and border guards organized all-round defense,” the Ukrainian State Border Service said.
