REUTERS
Russian-backed militants have attacked the positions of the Ukrainian armed forces three times in the last day, the press officer of Sector M (the part of the front line near Mariupol) Oleh Sushynskiy said on Ukrainian television’s Channel 5 on Monday.
As reported earlier, on March 29 one Ukrainian soldier was killed, and another one wounded as a result of military clashes in the village of Hranitne in Donetsk region, Ukrainian news Web site LB.ua reported.
"Starting from 1700 the militants fired on the positions of the Ukrainian armed forces in the village of Hranitne for about one and a half hours. They used 122mm and 152mm [caliber] weapons," Sushynskiy said.
The Ukrainian military says its forces did not return fire.