Russia-backed separatists have mounted ten attacks on Ukrainian army positions in Donbas in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action (KIA) and another one as wounded in action (WIA), the press center of the Ukrainian Army Headquarters has reported.

“Over the past day, Russian-backed separatists have intensively used weapons samples banned by Minsk agreements – large-caliber artillery systems and heavy mortars,” the Ukrainian Military staff said on Facebook on February 16 morning.