NEWSWATCH: “Over 2,600 Ukrainian servicemen killed, around 9,000 wounded since Feb 2014” – Interfax-Ukraine
Over 2,600 Ukrainian servicemen were killed and over 9,000 were wounded since the beginning of the Russian aggression in February 2014, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said. * * * … Russia-formed, equipped and financed army in a number of 40,000 under the command of Russian officers during their aggression against Donbas. * * * The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry also noted that Russia had not fulfilled any of its commitments under the Minsk agreements. … Russia and militants that it controls continue military provocations with the use of weapons, which should be withdrawn under the OSCE supervision and monitoring, namely multiple launch rocket systems, artillery, 82-mm and 120-mm mortars. Russian troops in Donbas also continue unimpeded rotation, training, and delivery through uncontrolled areas of the Ukrainian state border.