In the past 24 hours three Ukrainian servicemen died in the anti-terrorist operation, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday, Aug. 5.
“In the past 24 hours we lost three servicemen and 46 sustained injuries,” Lysenko said.
According to the information of Lysenko, within the past 24 hours
Ukrainian troops engaged in shooting with rebels 20 times. “Yesterday,
in the evening, the aviation of the Ukrainian armed forces carried out
powerful strikes, having destroyed terrorists and battle equipment at
settlement borders,” Lysenko said without specifying the district, where
this occurred.
The Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council does not possess
information about civilians killed at the territory controlled by
rebels, Lysenko said.
