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A Ukrainian sapper during the execution of the combat mission has been killed in combat area in Donetsk region, another wounded, the press center of the Ukrainian military said on May 11.

“As a result of the blasting on an unknown explosive device, sappers from the demining group of one of the mechanized brigades, whose personnel are performing combat missions in the Donetsk sector, were blown up. One soldier died on the spot, the second was wounded and hospitalized,” the press release said on its press centre’s page on Facebook.

The circumstances of the incident are being clarified. Representatives of the Military Service of Law and Order are working at the scene.