Three soldiers killed, 16 wounded yesterday, - ATO speaker

Over the past 24 hours, July 9, three Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone.

Representative of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine on ATO issues Colonel Andrii Lysenko said at a briefing, Censor.NET reports.

"Over the past 24 hours, three Ukrainian soldiers died and 16 more were wounded as a result of hostilities in the Donetsk sector. Eight of them were shell-shocked as a result of the shelling near Luhanske," Lysenko specified.

As it was reported earlier, terrorists opened fire at Ukrainian troops, particularly from large caliber artillery, the total of 51 times yesterday.