The losses of the National Guard amounted to up to five people throughout the entire forceful operation in southeastern Ukraine, the Interior Ministry said.
“There are losses and injured among National Guard servicemen. The
number of those killed can be counted on one hand – up to five people,”
Deputy Interior Minister Serhiy Chebotar said at a briefing in Kyiv on
Tuesday.
According to the information of Interfax-Ukraine, Ukrainian armed
forces lost 27 servicemen during the forceful operation in the
southeast.
Twenty four servicemen of the Interior Ministry, interior troops and
Alfa special purpose unit have died, Ukrainian Security Service Head
Valentyn Nalyvaichenko said on May 19.
Seventeen Ukrainian servicemen and four Donbas battalion servicemen
died in fights outside Volnovakha in Donetsk region on May 23.
One more National Guard battalion has been sent to the southeast,
Ukrainian Deputy Interior Minister Serhiy Yarovy said at a briefing on
Tuesday. “One battalion is already in the counter-terrorism operation
area and the second battalion, which is equipped and has undergone
relevant training, is moving to the counter-terrorism operation area
today,” he said.
The third National Guard battalion is almost completed, Yarovy said.
“These are people, who expressed wishes to help the state during this
time” and “all kinds of people, aged between 18 and 55,” joined the
subdivision, he said.
