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The shooting at the Luhansk border guard unit continued as of 1030, the Ukrainian Border Guard Service has reported.

“The situation has not changed dramatically: the shooting continues. It has been going for 7 hours without interruption,” Oleh Slobodian, the head of the agency’s press service, told Interfax-Ukraine.

“There is information that 5 militants have been killed and 8 militants have been wounded and up to 10 border guards have been wounded. There is currently no help from the anti-terrorist operation forces, Slobodian said.

Information on the fighting near the place where the Luhansk border guard unit is stationed was earlier released by the press service for the Ukrainian Border Guard Service.