REUTERS
Five Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another ten were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone in the last 24 hours, head of the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters, Colonel Oleksandr Motuzianyk said at a briefing on Sunday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
"In the last day, we lost five Ukrainian soldiers, and another ten were injured as a result of hostilities," he said.
According to Motuzianyk, the soldiers were killed when their military vehicle was driving over a landmine near the village of Donetske in Luhansk region.
"Three wounded [in the landmine blast] have been hospitalized, there is no danger to their lives," he said.
At the moment, the command is investigating the causes and circumstances of this accident.