Illegal armed formations from the beginning of the day on April 17 carried out 21 shelling attacks of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one Ukrainian military was killed, two more were injured, the press center of the Ukrainian Army reported.

“Since the beginning of the day, the Russian-backed forces have carried out 21 shelling attacks of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and separatists continue to use weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements… Unfortunately, as a result of the separatist fire, one Ukrainian soldier died.” Two more of our soldiers were injured,” the Ukrainian Military HQ press service reported on its Facebook page.