Both sides of the civil war in southeast Ukraine reported five dead, seven wounded in ongoing fighting in Donetsk and Lugansk, according to Russian language news accounts.
Last Monday, Ukrainian military authorities reported one soldier dead from mortar fire in Marinka, which is south of Donetsk city. It turned out, according to data supplied from Ukrainian military prosecutors, that two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another three were wounded when a soldier double loaded a 120mm mortar.
On Tuesday, according to korrespondent.net, one Ukrainian soldier was killed and another was wounded from Russian backed rebel mortar fire, launched grenade and small arms fire near Shirokino at around 1800 hrs.
In a later report, which included a video shot in the area, Ukrainians said that rebels on Wednesday fired 122mm rocket artillery into the area for a total of 27 projectiles.
Elsewhere in the south, Ukrainian media said that a nighttime rebel probe supported by mortar fire was driven back near ​​Talakovka and Krasnogorovka. Ukrainian reports also stated that rebels used BMP-2 30mm autocannon fire at Chermalyk on the coast of the Sea of Azov.
Reports also said that rebel forces used artillery and small arms fire at Avdievka near Donetsk city.
Rebel media said that on Wednesday tanks from the Ukrainian 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade shelled Spartak and parts of western Donetsk city occupied by rebel forces, including at Petrovsky. One residential building was damaged. In Alexandrovka, another apartment building was damaged by Ukrainian artillery fire.
Rebel media said Ukrainian units fired a total of 192 shells and mines on and around Donetsk city.
Wednesday evening, rebel media said close to 300 shells were fired at rebel positions in Donetsk.