One soldier killed, four wounded in east Ukraine

One Ukrainian soldier was killed and four were wounded in the hostilities over the past day, Presidential military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told a briefing in Kyiv on Friday. He added that three separatists were killed and five were wounded in the past day. Russian-backed militants continue shelling Ukrainian army positions – 58 ceasefire violations were recorded in the past 24 hours, according to the army operation press centre. The attacks include the use by militants of arms that were to be withdrawn from the contact line under the Minsk agreements on ceasefire. “In particular, the separatists used grenade launchers and mortars in attacks on towns and villages near Donetsk. Southeastern government-controlled seaport Mariupol not far from the Russian border also remains a hotspot.