During the past day, on April 25, as a result of military operations in the East of Ukraine, three Ukrainian servicemen were killed, five more soldiers were injured, said the Defense Ministry spokesman for the ATU, Colonel Andrei Lysenko.

"Over the past day due to hostilities, three Ukrainian servicemen were killed, five were injured. These heavy losses during the enemy shelling of Ukrainian troops suffered mainly on the Donetsk direction, "he said at a briefing in Kiev on Wednesday.

According to Lysenko, the situation in the area of ??conducting the ATO sharply increased at once in all directions.

"The total number of enemy attacks increased more than threefold, and the number of shelling from heavy weapons - five times. The Ukrainian troops repeatedly opened fire in response, "- said the colonel.

Recall, the day before at the headquarters of the ATO reported on the renewal of the artillery shelling positions of fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in all directions.

Along the line of demarcation, the invaders used artillery, mortars, ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft guns, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms.

On April 12, the Tripartite Contact Group during the meeting in Minsk confirmed the commitment to the agreements reached on March 29 on a complete ceasefire on the eve of the Easter holidays. However, terrorists in the Donbas did not observe the "silence" regime for a single day..