The Ukrainian soldier who was seriously wounded in the village of Zaitseve in eastern Ukraine on February 16 died in a hospital behind enemy lines on Sunday, February 19, according to a Ukrainian defense ministry spokesman.
What is more, ”one was killed in action (KIA) and another one was wounded in action (WIA) in the past 24 hours,” Defense Ministry speaker for Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) issues Oleksandr Motuzianyk said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday, February 20, a UNIAN news agency correspondent reported.
He also informed about the established fact of death of a soldier who was missing in action (MIA) on Saturday, February 18.
The latter casualties are recorded near the town of Avdiyivka.