KABUL: (Middle East Press) At least nine Ukrainian troops have lost their lives and over 29 others injured over the last 24 hours in clashes with pro-Russia forces in the country’s east, the military says.
“Due to heavy fighting, long lasting shelling of our position, Ukraine has lost nine soldiers in a 24 hour period. Other 29 soldiers were injured with varying degrees of severity,” military spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov said Tuesday.
Seleznyov added that the clashes between Kiev government troops and pro-Russia forces were most intense near the Donetsk region’s northeastern city of Debaltseve.
The latest casualties came a day after Ukraine’s Security Council said seven forces were killed and 25 others wounded in the previous 24 hours.
