More than 1,250 military and volunteers lost their lives during military operations in the Donbass, said on the first day of the weekend, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

" The President said that in the war were forcibly deprived of life, More than 1,250 soldiers, of which 952 branch of military power ", - informs the press service of Poroshenko.

Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict were 4, 3 thousands of civilians, almost 10 thousand were injured. It is planned that the introduction of ceasefire from December 9, will be preceded by new talks in Minsk in the format of Ukraine, DND and LNR brokered by Russia and the OSCE.

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