Poroshenko said the number of people killed in anti-terrorist operation in 2016
Poroshenko said the number of people killed in anti-terrorist operation in 2016
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Year claimed the lives of 211 of the Ukrainian soldiers.
In the past year , Ukraine has lost 211 of its defenders. This was stated by the President Petro Poroshenko during a visit on the last day of the year in the military sector, “Mariupol”.
“Only in the course of this year, 211 members of the Armed forces of Ukraine gave their lives for peace and freedom of our state, protecting it from the aggressor. To bow our heads before the memory of soldiers and officers, and honor them with a moment of silence” – called the head of state. He also was awarded the star of hero of the 21-year-old Lieutenant Nikita Spring – posthumously. The award was received by his mother. The President also thanked the Marines who protect the sea of Azov.
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Poroshenko also stated that the conditions for a truce are not met militants. “Although the intensity of the fire fighters decreased, no silence, which was agreed in Minsk, did not come,” he said. And added that a tense situation is near Shirokino, where in recent times the enemy uses virtually the entire spectrum of weapons, except for rocket artillery.
As previously reported, the militants attempted attacks on positions of the ATO under the Novozvanovka in Luhansk. This was at the briefing said the speaker of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine on ATO Col. During the day, as a result of fighting the dead among the Ukrainian military no, but one soldier was wounded in the village of novooleksandrivka.
Frontline losses: two Ukrainian soldiers killed in ATO area
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About it reports a press-the Secretary of defense at the ATO. One soldier died as a result of clashes in the area of Steep Beams. Second – during demining. Just a day fighters staged fifty attacks. On the Mariupol direction from mortars of large caliber, the occupants can enjoy the Water and Marinka, on the arc Svetlodarsk – positions near Luhansk.