Eight Ukrainian troops have been wounded in Donbas in the past 24 hours, Andriy Lysenko, an official with the Ukrainian presidential administration on issues relating to Ukrainian military, said.
“None of our troops have been killed in action in the past 24 hours. But eight have been wounded,” he told a briefing in Kyiv on March 9.
Lysenko said a clash had occurred on the Luhansk track between the village of Triokhizbenka, Novoaidar district of the Luhansk region, and the city of Krasny Lyman, Donetsk region. He said militants had tried to take over a Ukrainian observation point, but the Ukrainian military repelled the attack and militants had to retreat behind the river Siversky Donets after a 30-minute exchange of fire.
On the Donetsk track, the situation was not calm on the Svitlodar Arch, in the Horlivka area and on the Avdiyivka-Opytne-Pisky section. Militants used mortars and armored vehicles there ten times. All in all, 37 attacks were registered on that track.
On the Mariupol track, militants breached the ceasefire regime in Maryinka, Starohnativka and Shyrokyne. Militants opened mortar fire twice and opened sniper fire. There were five attacks on Ukrainian military positions on that track.
