Three Ukrainian servicemen were injured as a result of shelling by illegal armed formations on Friday from the beginning of the day as of 18:00, the press center of the headquarters of the ATU.

"Today, the forces of the aggressor continued their usual practice of shelling the positions of Ukrainian defenders.

Due to enemy shelling, three servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces received injuries, "reads the summary published on the Facebook page of the press center.

The militants fired on Friday, mainly from mortars and infantry weapons.

"In the Donetsk direction, the enemy intensified in the outskirts of Avdeevka. On the approaches to this front-line settlement, the enemy used 82-mm mortars, grenade launchers of various types and large-caliber machine guns. On the Azov Sea, the invaders fired from 82-mm mortar shells and grenade launchers near Pavlopol and Lebedinsky, "the headquarters.