Sixteen Ukrainian servicemen killed in battle near Volnovakha – Health Ministry
First Deputy Health Minister of Ukraine Ruslan Saliutin reported that sixteen Ukrainian servicemen were killed in a fight near the town of Volnovakha near Donetsk on Thursday.
"Unfortunately, 16 our servicemen were killed. These are the recent reports over [a number of] killed military men," he said during a telephone broadcast at Channel Five on Thursday.