Ukrainian soldier Andriy Teperyk, 24, was killed in action in the Donbas war zone on April 10, the Joint Forces Operation reported on April 11.
The deadly incident took place near the village of Zolote-3 in Luhansk Oblast.
Teperyk, a marksman with the 92nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade, was fatally wounded by small-arms fire. Another soldier was wounded in the attack and is currently hospitalized in stable condition, the report said.
This is the fourth combat-related fatality in April alone.
Russian-sponsored forces opened fire with automatic grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, firearms and 82-millimeter mortars, which are prohibited under the Minsk peace negotiations.
In the past 24 hours, Kremlin-backed militants violated the general cease-fire that began in July 10 times, firing on Ukrainian soldiers and launching a military drone. Ukrainian soldiers shot back.
At least 26 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the war with Russia-led militants since the beginning of 2021. Several warfighters were lost to what command described as non-combat-related incidents, such as landmine blasts or trench fires.
The drastic intensification of the static war in Donbas is taking place amid the worst regional security crisis in years.
New data shows swathes of Russian military forces deployed from all across the country to Voronezh Oblast, a Russian region bordering Ukraine.
Online investigations group Conflict Intelligence Team said that as of late March, the concentration of Russian troops close to the Ukrainian border and in occupied in Crimea is the largest it’s ever been since 2015.
