One Ukrainian soldier killed, one wounded yesterday, - ATO speaker

One Ukrainian soldier was killed, another one received injuries in the course of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in the east of Ukraine on Aug. 23.

This was announced by ATO speaker Andrii Lysenko at a news briefing on Aug. 24, Censor.NET reports.

"Over the past day, one Ukrainian soldier was killed in combat activities, another military received wounds," he said.

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Lysenko also detailed that the losses were incurred by the Ukrainian army in mortar shelling by pro-Russian militants near Nevelske.

Earlier, Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council reported about 10,000 Ukrainians killed and more than 20,000 injured by Russian-terrorist troops over the past two years.