10 Feb 2017 19:11

Almost 200,000 Ukrainian servicemen have gone through war in Donbas

KYIV. Feb 10 (Interfax) - A total of 193,434 servicemen and Ukrainian Armed Forces troops who took part in the special operation in eastern Ukraine have received the status of military action participants since the beginning of the special operation, Dmytro Hutsulyak, an official with the Ukrainian Defense Ministry press service, said.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has awarded some 200 servicemen for heroism during the military action in the Avdiivka area this week, he told a briefing in Kyiv on Friday.