During carrying out special operation in the Donbass lost his life about 3 thousand Ukrainian security forces, said on the last working day of the week, the representative of the President of Ukraine on the peaceful settlement of the situation in the Donbass Irina Gerashchenko.
"in one year in the East of Ukraine lost his life about 3 thousand Ukrainian soldiers ", - has told Gerashchenko referring to the information of the security service of Ukraine, UNIAN reports. In her expressions, 163 Ukrainian, Of which more than 99 ? the Soldiers, the soldiers of the volunteer battalions and battalions of machardie of Ukraine, and Also 64 ? civilians remain in captivity by the militias." Another 10 Ukrainian prisoners detained in prisons of the Russian Federation ", - has specified the Commissioner Poroshenko.
"similarly, in the list of missing persons we have 800 people. Of these, 396 ? Soldiers, Authorized law enforcement, 404 ? civilians. Throughout the year, locate and release From captivity 2 thousand 911 people." The last lull in the end brings the losses of military personnel, mostly from mines, not from heavy weapons ", - has added the representative of the President. Remember, the first day of the week the head of the main Directorate of the General staff military power of Ukraine Igor Voronchenko said that the loss of the Ukrainian military power Since the beginning of the hostilities in the Donbas amounted to 1 thousand 915 people. According to him, sanitary losses amounted to 7 thousand 53 people, including martial ? 5 thousand 547 people. September 1, in the Donbass began a ceasefire, which the parties to the conflict agreed on 26 August in Minsk during the last meeting of the contact group on settling the situation in Ukraine. Since mid-April last year, the Kiev authorities carried out in the East of Ukraine "special operation" to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the UN at the end of August, the victims of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine were about 7, 9 thousand People, at least 17, 6 thousand has Been damaged health.

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