No government troops killed in east Ukraine in past day

Spokesman for the Presidential Administration on the ATO, Colonel Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing in Kyiv, Ukrinform reports. “Ukrainian soldiers were neither killed nor wounded as a result of active hostilities and shelling. However, two servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who guarded a facility at the frontline, were wounded in explosive device blast. The incident occurred near Horlivka [Donetsk region]," Lysenko said.