Militants shell ATO forces near Donetsk airport on Monday, kill one soldier

Russian-backed militants have shelled the positions of Ukrainian forces near the ruined Donetsk airport, having killed one Ukrainian soldier, according to the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) press center.

The militants were firing from the area near Donetsk airport from 17:25 to 18:10 local time on Monday to attack the ATO positions near the villages of Pisky and Opytne.

This information was confirmed by spokesman for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladyslav Selezniov who wrote an update on Twitter an hour after he tweeted that there was no shelling in Pisky and the situation was under control.

Ukrainian Channel 24 in turn broadcast referring to the Defense Ministry that one Ukrainian soldier had been shot by militants from small arms near Pisky and Opytne.