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Russian-backed separatists continue shelling Ukrainian positions in the east of Ukraine, using proscribed weapons, resulting in two Ukrainian soldiers killed and two wounded, the Ukraine military said.

Separatists continue shelling of the Ukrainian positions in the town of Avdiyivka, near Butivka coal mine, the villages of Pisky and Vodiane, the towns of Maryinka and Krasnohorivka, and the village of Novohryhorivka, using multiple rocket launchers, tanks, artillery systems, mortars, and small arms.

“According to early reports, there had been casualties among Ukrainian soldiers as of 14:00 local time on Wednesday. Two servicemen were killed, and two were wounded,” the military said on Feb. 1.