1 dead, 5 wounded in shelling in Donetsk

A total of five Ukrainian soldiers were wounded and another one was killed in artillery fire from Russian backed rebels over the past 48 hours, according to Russian language news accounts.

A news article in lb.ua said that on Monday three Ukrainian soldiers were wounded from rebel artillery fire near Mariupol in southern Donetsk.

Rebels hit Vodyannaya with mortar fire which wounded one Ukrainian soldier.  At 1800 hrs, another 120mm mortar attack wounded another soldier near Shirokino and Pavlopol.

The third soldier was wounded around 2100 hrs when rebel artillery struck Ukrainian positions at Shirokino.

lb.ua reported that rebel hit Shirokino another 18 times with 122mm rocket artillery.

On Tuesday, a rebel sniper killed one Ukrainian near Marinka, which is in the southern Donetsk area.  Two more Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in a grenade attack in Talakovka.

Rebel media said that on Monday, the Ukrainian military fired a total of 360 rounds, 145 of which landed in or near Donetsk and the rest in the Mariupol region.

Four 122mm artillery shots were reported by rebel media in Gorlovka.

On Tuesday, rebels said that night artillery fire hit the Donetsk settlement of Yasinovataya damaging the rail station.

In a separate report, rebel media claimed Ukrainian launched a midday artillery attack on the southern Donetsk town of Kominternovo using 120mm mortars.  The attack lasted 30 minutes and damaged three residences.