A Ukrainian serviceman died on Monday in the area of ??an anti-terrorist operation from a bullet of an enemy sniper, the press center of the headquarters of the ATU.

"In the Primorsky (Mariupol) direction, there was no complete silence during the day. About 13. 00 from the bullet of an enemy sniper our fighter near Maryinka was killed, "the press center's press release says (as of 18. 00) on the Facebook page.

In the same direction, the militants fired 2 120-mm mines on the positions of the ATU forces on the approaches to Shirokino.

In the Donetsk direction under grenade launcher fire, Ukrainian support points in the Nevelskiy area.

The staff ascertained that the operational situation in the zone of the ATU during Monday was somewhat stabilized: the militants substantially reduced the provocative shelling of the positions of the Ukrainian army. "According to our operational data, in the first place, this is due to the hot weather and the possibility of fire, where the locals will blame the militants," - noted in the press center.