Intensive fighting in the breakaway Donetsk national Republic, Ukrainian soldiers have lost 71 persons killed, told reporters Deputy commander of the militia DND Eduard Bacurin.

"the day soldiers have lost 71 people, 7 armored vehicles, nine tanks," said Bacurin.

Just, according to his calculations, within 14 days of hostilities, the Military lost tank 124, 95 armored vehicles, 59 artillery pieces and 1,382 killed.


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, the victims of the conflict began more than five thousand civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured, about a million became refugees. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, and among them fired residential areas of Donetsk. Read more in help Last news

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