Ukraine Says Three Soldiers Killed, Five Wounded In East

Ukraine says three of its servicemen have been killed and five wounded in the country’s east.

A military spokesman in the eastern region of Luhansk said three soldiers were killed and two wounded when their vehicle hit a mine on the highway between the villages of Novotoshkivske and Hirne on March 1. 

A military spokesman in Kyiv said another three government troops were wounded in exchanges of fire over the past 24 hours near the front line separating separatist-held parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions from the rest of Ukraine.

Two Ukrainian troops were wounded as a result of firing in the government-held towns of Krasnohorivka and Maryinka, while another soldier was injured in a booby-trap blast near the village of Kamianka. 

Fighting between government forces and Russia-backed separatists has killed more than 9,100 people since April 2014.

The Minsk peace agreement signed a year ago has helped reduce the violence, but skirmishes have continued.

Based on reporting by AFP and UNIAN

Wir führen eine Nutzer·innenbefragung durch und währen dankbar, wenn Sie sich die Zeit nehmen könnten, uns zu helfen ecoi.net zu verbessern.

Die Umfrage dauert ca. 7-15 Minuten.

Klicken Sie hier: zur Umfrage... Danke!

ecoi.net-Umfrage 2025