The soldiers of the militia of the Luhansk national Republic told me that before establishing a truce defeated a Battalion of the National guard " Aidar ". " The battalion fell into our ambush. It was the day before yesterday ceasefire, near the village of Happiness (suburb of Lugansk - editor), " he said at the headquarters of the militia, RIA " Novosti ". Battalion machardie was attacked by 2 sabotage-reconnaissance groups: " Rusich " and " Patriot ". According to the militia Battalion lost 35 soldiers, three aidarova " captured, wounded and there among the militia. Reportedly the battalion, their losses amounted to eleven people." Aidar is one of the many " nominal " battalions of Ukrainian security forces used in the fighting in the South-East of the country, established in may this year, it included, for example, self-defense activists of Maidan. Remember, from mid-April Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine " special operation " to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. Military active use of heavy machinery and military aircraft and helicopters. Mentions a large number of killed and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of the homes of residents and infrastructure.