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Five Ukrainian servicemen have been killed in the anti-terrorist operation area in the country's eastern regions in the past 24 hours.

“Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another seven have been injured over the past 24 hours,” Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at a press briefing on Dec. 19.