Two soldiers were killed and another five were wounded in the past 24 hours in Ukraine’s rebel-held east, Kiev said Monday, as both sides traded blame over the increasing number of ceasefire violations.

Two soldiers were killed and another five were wounded in the past 24 hours in Ukraine's rebel-held east, Kiev said Monday, as both sides traded blame over the increasing number of ceasefire violations.

Two servicemen died and three more were wounded after their armored vehicle hit a mine in the Lugansk region, said military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk.

Two more soldiers were wounded in clashes near the village of Shyrokyne near the strategic port of Mariupol, the last major city in the conflict zone controlled by Kiev, he said.

Officials in charge of the anti-terrorist operation accused pro-Moscow militants of violating a fragile ceasefire 95 times on Sunday.

"This is nearly the same level as before the conclusion of Minsk agreements," they said in a statement, adding that rebels were provoking Ukranian forces by using heavy artillery.