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Five Ukrainian servicemen were killed and 16 suffered injuries, concussions and traumas in the Donbas hostilities in the past 24 hours, Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Andriy Lysenko said.

“Five soldiers of ours were killed in the hostilities over the past day. Six servicemen suffered injuries, and ten sustained concussions and traumas,” he told a press briefing in Kyiv on Dec. 19.