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"In the last day, we lost one Ukrainian soldier, and another one was injured as a result of military clashes near the city of Donetsk," Motuzianyk said.

"Last night differed from the previous ones by the decreased intensity of the fighting, first of all - in the area of the town of Horlivka. For the first time in the past three days, the number of enemy attacks on Ukrainian army positions did not exceed 100. In addition, there was not a single case of firing on residential areas yesterday," he said.

Read alsoATO Headquarters: Sartana attacked from militant-controlled villagesAs UNIAN reported earlier, on August 16, two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another seven were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone.

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