Ukrainian officials reporting no casualties in the past day:
KYIV. Jan 9 (Interfax) -- No casualties were registered among the
Ukrainian military in the area of the military operation in southeastern
Ukraine in the past 24 hours, Ukrainian presidential administration
official Andriy Lysenko said.
"None of our troops were killed or wounded in action in the past 24
hours," he told a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday.
Lysenko said 29 attacks on Ukrainian positions were registered in
the past 24 hours.
He said the cease-fire regime remains in place on the Luhansk track
and there was shooting on the Donetsk track. Specifically, fire was
opened on Ukrainian positions in the Troitske, Novhogorske and Luhanske
area. Three ceasefire breaches were registered on the Mariupol track,
where fire was opened using firearms.
That concludes our live blogging for January 9, 2016. Please join us tomorrow for more news.
Here is today's map of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council (click to enlarge):
