Ukraine reports 5 WIA in past 24 hours

Five Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in fighting in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, according to Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman for Anti-Terrorist Operation Andriy Lysenko.

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"There were five wounded in action (WIA) as a result of enemy shelling," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday, an UNIAN correspondent reported.

As UNIAN reported earlier, combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 37 times in the past 24 hours.

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