The General Staff spoke about losses in Debaltseve in recent days
Kyiv, February 18 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) – The losses of Ukrainian forces during the last days of fighting in Debaltsevo and when leaving the city amounted to 22 dead and more than 150 wounded.
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Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Gennady Vorobyov reported this to President Petro Poroshenko in a report.
“In general, over the last three days of fighting, 137 wounded servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 18 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and 3 of the National Guard were admitted to the Artemovsk hospital. In total, over the last days of heavy fighting, 22 servicemen were killed, 6 of them during the organized exit from Debaltseve,” Vorobiev said.
“As of 17.00 p.m. Wednesday, a total of 2459 military personnel were withdrawn from the Debaltsevo area, of which 2112 were the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 168 were the National Guard, 175 were the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and 4 were border guards,” the ATO press center reported. Also, 200 units of military equipment, including 15 tanks and about 50 infantry fighting vehicles, were redeployed from Debaltsevo.
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