Prosecutor of Ukraine told about the death of 459 people in the tragedy near Ilovaysk
Chief military Prosecutor of Ukraine Anatoly Matios said that 459 people died in the tragedy near Ilovaysk in the Donbass in the summer of last year.
first of Matios said that, according to the investigation, At the exit of the military under the transfer last summer lost his life about 360 people. For his part, the head adviser of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine, people's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko said in April that under Ilovaiskaya lost their lives over a thousand people.
"To my regret, at that time, when I voiced these figures, they were not final. Since the last sound of today the result is confirmed, by obtaining documentary materials, the loss of near Ilovaysk 459, 478 damage to health and also material damage through the loss of military equipment worth more than 70 million hryvnia (about 3, 2 million dollars), " said Matios in the conversation online edition.
in late summer of 2014, Ukrainian battalions were surrounded under Ilovaisk in the Donetsk region, where they suffered serious losses. Later in the end of the Military agreements were able to bring some of the soldiers from the environment. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has created a temporary Commission on investigation of events under Ilovaisk. The military Prosecutor's office opened criminal proceedings according to section " negligent attitude To military service, which entailed grave consequences in terms of fighting ". The exact number of deaths under the transfer until now unknown. Former Prosecutor General of Ukraine Vitaliy Yarema said that about 200 Ukrainian security forces have lost their lives during the encirclement near Ilovaysk. The Council of national security and defence (NSDC) of Ukraine has no exact information about the number of dead. The former head of the defense Ministry of Ukraine Valeriy geletey said that the Ukrainian army lost near Ilovaysk at least 107 people.