27 May 2014 13:16

Donetsk mayor: 40 killed in Donetsk fighting on May 26

KYIV. May 27 (Interfax) - The fighting in Donetsk on May 26 between a Ukrainian law-enforcement contingent and the militia left 40 people dead, among them two civilians, Donetsk Mayor Alexander Lukyanchenko said.

Lukyanchenko did not say to which conflicting party the fatalities belonged, according to the online newspaper Ostrov.

"Thirty-one victims injured in the fighting are in hospitals, among then four civilians," he said.