Ukrainian Forces Say 1 Soldier Killed, 3 Injured In Donbas Over Past 24 Hours

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd April, 2019) The press service of the Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation (JFO) said on Tuesday that it recorded 14 incidents of shelling of its positions in Donbas, which killed one of its servicemen and injured three more officers.

"Militia violated ceasefire 14 times ...

As a result of the shelling, one serviceman of the joint forces was killed, and three Ukrainian defenders were wounded," the JFO said in a statement posted on Facebook.

The conflict in Donbas started in 2014, when Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, which refused to recognize the new government in Kiev that came to power after what they considered to be a coup.

In 2015, a ceasefire agreement brokered by the leaders of the Normandy Four group � France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine � was reached in Minsk, but the situation has remained tense.