On Tuesday, militants violated the New Year-Christmas truce six times and opened fire on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which one soldier was killed, three were wounded, and two were injured, the press center of the ATO headquarters reported.

"Over the past day, the Russian-terrorist forces have violated the silence regime six times. As a result of enemy shelling, three soldiers were wounded, two were injured and, unfortunately, Ukraine lost one defender," reads a statement posted on the Facebook page of the headquarters on Wednesday morning.

In the Luhansk sector, militants did not observe the terms of the truce in the area of the Svitlodarsk arc. Near Luhansk, they used 82-mm mortars and large-caliber machine guns to fire at the defensive fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for about two hours. Militants shelled the defenders of Stanytsia Luhanska using small arms.

In addition, an UAV belonging to illegal armed formations was seen flying in the area of Luhanske. It corrected militants' mortar fire, which is prohibited by the Minsk agreements.

"Violations of the ceasefire regime have not been recorded at other key areas of our defense," the report said.