In the battle for Marinka was in practice destroyed the battalion " Kiev-2 ", said the Head of the Donetsk national Republic Alexander Zakharchenko.
"Fighting in Marinka showed that the attempt of entering the Donetsk failed. They (the Ukrainian forces) received a staggering loss. For example, the battalion "Kiev-2" suffered heavy losses, was destroyed. But attempts will continue, "- said Zakharchenko, RIA " Novosti ".



Zakharchenko also expressed hope that due to the Minsk talks, the conflict in the Donbass will be resolved " without a single shot ". First Zakharchenko said that the loss of the Ukrainian military in the fighting in the area of Marinka "huge" - about 1 thousand security officers were injured and 400 killed and at the same time among the militia killed only fifteen and another 30 were injured. Remember, in the early summer worsened the situation in the area of Marinka. With military the 28th separate guards mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces Roman Marchenko, who was captured by militia forces in the process of fighting, said the shelling began not militias and the Ukrainian military, thereby refuting the statement of Kiev. In addition, Marchenko told about significant losses of the Ukrainian side in battle. Chapter DND Alexander Zakharchenko said that the loss of the Ukrainian military in the fighting in the area of Marinka "huge" - about 1 thousand security officers were injured and 400 killed and at the same time among the militia killed only fifteen and another 30 were injured.

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