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 A total of 296 attacks on the Ukrainian anti-terrorist operation positions have been registered since the ceasefire began in eastern Ukraine at 6 p.m. on Sept. 5, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis said at a briefing in Kyiv on Sept. 16.

 Sixteen Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 98 injured over this period, he said.

On Sept. 11, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said that 129 attacks on the Ukrainian army positions had been registered since the ceasefire was announced.