No Ukrainian servicemen were killed in the military operation zone in Donbas in the last day, however, six soldiers were wounded, Defense Ministry speaker Andriy Lysenko has said.
“There were no killed in action among Ukrainian military, six were wounded in action,” he said at a briefing in Kyiv on October 25.
“The intensity of fighting tends to decline” in the Luhansk sector, he said, adding that clashes were seen only in Stanytsia Luhanska and Novooleksandrivka where the hostiles fired mortars and grenade launchers. Three violations of the truce were seen in that area over the past day, including one by use of heavy weapons, he said.
According to Lysenko, the hostiles used heavy weapons in the Donetsk area – mortars and cannons were fired near Luhanske, Zaitseve and Avdiyivka. In all, 230 large-caliber munitions were fired on Ukrainian army positions. Thirteen violations of the truce were observed in the Donetsk sector over the past day, including ten using heavy weapons.
As to the Mariupol sector, fighting was ongoing near Maryinka, Hranitne and the Pavlopil-Shyrokyne sector. A total of 24 shelling incidents occurred over the past day, and mortars were used in nine cases.
