Seven militants were killed and another five were injured in the Donbas conflict zone in the past 24 hours, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine`s Defense Ministry wrote on Facebook.
”There were seven killed in action (KIA) and five wounded in action (WIA) among the Russian-backed militants during the day. These are soldiers of the 11th separate motorized rifle regiment (Makiyivka), the 1st (Komsomolsk), the 3rd (Horlivka) and the 5th (Makiyivka) separate motorized rifle brigades of the 1st Army Corps (Donetsk) of the Russian Armed Forces,” the report stated.
Notably, the casualties in the 5th separate motorized infantry brigade of the 1st Army Corps of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were a result of an explosion of ammunition of the self-propelled artillery system, which killed three and wounded one soldier.
