Seven Ukrainian servicemen killed in Donbas over past day

12:41, 24.05.2016 1 min read

Seven Ukrainian servicemen were killed and another nine suffered injuries in attacks in the anti-terrorist operation zone in Donbas over the past day, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov has said.

"In the past 24 hours alone, seven Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and nine have suffered injuries," the NSDC press service quoted Turchynov as saying.

Turchynov said those were the heavies daily casualties suffered in Donbas over the past year.