One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and three were wounded in clashes with Russia-backed separatists in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire, the Kiev military said on Monday.

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Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko, speaking to journalists, did not say where the casualties occurred. But he said the sharpest clashes had taken place near the government-held town of Mariupol, on the Sea of Azov, and areas nearby.