Four servicemen killed during truce – Defense Ministry

Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - 11:14 (EEST) Section: Latest news

Four Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 29 wounded during a truce in eastern Ukraine.
Director of the Military and Medical Department of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Colonel Vitaliy Andronatiy, said this at a press conference on Tuesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported.
“During the truce period four servicemen were killed and 29 sustained injuries over this period,” Andronatiy said.
He said that in general, military doctors had provided medical assistance to 2,517 servicemen wounded in the ATO area. As many as 1,173 wounded fighters are currently being treated in military hospitals, and 34 of them belong to other military units, including the National Guard and other security agencies.
In addition, 94 servicemen are being treated in civilian hospitals, primarily in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, Andronatiy said.