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Two Ukrainian servicemen were wounded in the explosion of a mine in the military operation area over the past day, spokesman from the Ukrainian presidential administration Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said.

“Not far from Mariupol, a truck from the Ukrainian Armed Forces exploded on a mine, wounding two of our servicemen,” he told a press briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.

The situation in eastern Ukraine has deteriorated on Wednesday, the number of shellings has sharply grown, Motuzyanyk said.

“There was also a clash between the Ukrainian forces and the enemy. The enemy has breached the ceasefire on 18 occasions already today, after midnight,” he said.