REUTERS

"Over the last day, we haven't lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but two were injured as a result of military clashes. In addition, 11 of our soldiers were injured as a result of careless handling of explosive device near the town of Maryinka," Lysenko said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 44 times in the past 24 hours, with hot spots being concentrated in the Donetsk sector.