Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, 50 separatists' attacks on Ukrainian troops reported in east Ukraine

The terrorists attacked the Ukrainian positions using mortars, heavy machine guns, and small arms. Most attacks are reported near the strategic government-controlled seaport Mariupol and the separatist-held city of Donetsk. Two Ukrainian servicemen were killed and two were wounded in the hostilities over the past 24 hours, military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzianyk told a press briefing in Kyiv on Thursday. Motuzianyk specified that one soldier was killed in a militant attack on the government troops near Kutova Balka in Donetsk region and another one was killed during a mine clearing operation near Troitske.