No soldier of the Armed forces of Ukraine died, however, nine Ukrainian soldiers got wounds in a zone of carrying out anti-terrorist operation on Donbass for the last days.

“For the past day in the fighting died in the ranks of the Ukrainian troops there, however, nine Ukrainian servicemen were wounded and a combat injury,” – said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday the speaker of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine on ATO Col.

According to the speaker of the defense Ministry, five soldiers were wounded near the village of Hnutove, and three in Avdeevka, Novooleksandrivka and Water. In addition, the APU fighter was wounded in the area of the mine Butovka.

Commenting on information published on the eve of the press center of the ATO headquarters about the death of three servicemen of AFU in the area of Svetlodarsk arc while trying to evacuate a wounded colleague, Alexander Motuzyanik said that the tragic incident occurred may 1 near the village of Lugansk .

“During the evacuation of one wounded three Ukrainian soldiers died heroically. One of them blew himself up with a grenade so as not to fall into enemy captivity,” – he said, adding that the Ukrainian side has made every effort to return the bodies of the victims.

Thus, concluded the speaker of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine on ATO,may 1, in the fighting in the Donbass killed three and wounded four soldiers APU.