"On the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with servicemen on the front line, in the zone of the joint forces operation in the Donetsk region," the message says.

Zelensky examined the fighting positions and familiarized himself with the conditions of service.

The Ukrainian president congratulated the military by presenting them with state awards and gifts.

He also honored the dead Ukrainian soldiers on the symbolic memory alley. 

Earlier it was reported that Zelensky arrived on a working trip to the part of Donbass controlled by Ukraine.