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Five servicemen of Ukrainian government forces have been killed and another 21 have been injured as a result of fighting in eastern Ukraine over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) spokesman Andriy Lysenko has said.

“Five Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and another 21 have been wounded,” he said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Aug. 21.