One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and one wounded when they were blown up by a landmine left by pro-Russian separatists near Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the head of the Kiev-controlled regional administration said on Thursday.
Serviceman killed by land mine
Violence has been less intense in Ukraine's east since a ceasefire was brokered in the Belarus capital Minsk in mid-February, but government forces and separatists regularly accuse each other of violations.
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The incident took place on Wednesday, Hennadiy Moskal said in an online statement.
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