Five Ukrainian soldiers killed, six wounded, 10 injured and shell-shocked, - ATO spokesman

Five Ukrainian soldiers are reported killed, six wounded, 10 injured and shell-shocked in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area on Dec. 18.

Spokesperson for Ukraine's Defense Ministry on ATO matters Andrii Lysenko said it at a briefing on Monday, Censor.NET reports.

"Over the past day, five Ukrainian soldiers were killed, six wounded, 10 injured and shell-shocked in combat. These casualties were suffered in the Svitlodarsk salient during a heavy artillery strike. These are the heaviest losses sustained over the past five months," he said.

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According to Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, 10,000 Ukrainians have been killed and more than 20,000 wounded since the beginning of the anti-terrorist operation in the Donbas in 2014. As reported by the U.N., the total death toll of the conflict in Ukraine from mid-April 2014 to Dec.1, 2016 is 9,758, with another 22,779 people wounded.