Ukraine reports 3 KIA, 6 WIA in past 24 hours

Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another six were wounded in fighting in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, according to Oleksandr Motuzianyk, presidential spokesman for ATO issues.

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"There were three killed in action (KIA) and six wounded in action (WIA)," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday, a UNIAN correspondent reported.

As UNIAN reported earlier, combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 96 times in the past 24 hours.

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