19 May 2014 17:13

Twenty-four Ukrainian servicemen killed in security operation in eastern Ukraine - SBU

KYIV. May 19 (Interfax) - Twenty-four Ukrainian servicemen were killed in a law-enforcement operation in eastern Ukraine, said chief of the Ukrainian Security Service Valentyn Nalyvaichenko.

"Twenty-four servicemen of the Interior Ministry, interior troops and Alpha special police force sacrificed their lives. The losses are serious. The wounds are even more serious," he said at a press conference in Kyiv on Monday.