Ukrainian Defense Ministry says 22 militants killed, 60 wounded in Donbas last week

15:57, 12.06.2017 1 min read

Some 22 militants were killed and 60 wounded in Donbas last week, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's spokesman, Andriy Lysenko, said.

"The confirmed losses of the enemy over the past week are 22 dead, and 60 wounded militants, more than half of the losses fall on the Bakhmutka highway and Avdiyivka," Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday.

According to him, there are cases of inter-ethnic clashes in the Russian units that gathered near the border with Ukraine. In particular, in the 150th mechanized infantry division a military man from Dagestan was injured. In total, several people were injured. Additional forces of military police were transferred to restore order in Novocherkassk, the Rostov region, Russia.