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Russia's war against Ukraine has claimed the lives of at least 6,098 people and left another 15,437 wounded, the United Nations estimates.

The killing remains as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe’s monitors cite an increase in
truce violations. Mortar explosions, tank and heavy artillery fire were tracked
in Donbas in recent days.

Ukrainian military officials reported that Russian forces and their
proxies tried to push their latest offensive close to the Bakhmutka highway in
Luhansk Oblast on April 9. Ukraine’s
army keeps losing forces as at least 2,053 servicemen have been killed during
the last year.

Meanwhile, Russian-backed separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko
accused the Ukrainian government of ignoring the terms of the Minsk II peace
deal and threated to resume fighting and retake their positions.

casualities

A following is the list of those known to be killed through March 20 –
April 6:

March 20

Dmytro Goncharuk, 37, a soldier from Volyn Oblast. Goncharuk used to work as a blacksmith,
later he was mobilized to the army in August. He was killed as he stepped on a
land mine near a city of Severodonetsk in Luhansk Oblast. Goncharuk leaves his
family in Lutsk.

Serhiy Mykhailov, 37, a soldier of the 80th
airborne brigade from Lviv. Mykhailov used to work at Lviv’s historical
Lychakiv cemetery together with his wife. “He was very reliable, diligent and
kind man,” Mykhailo Nahai, who heads the Lychakiv cemetery, was quoted as
saying. Mykhailov was
killed as he stepped on a
land mine near the village of Novotoshkivske in Luhansk Oblast. “He often showed up at work on weekends or
during the holidays – just to clean something. And he never had the habit to
deceive people,” Nahai was quoted as saying during the mourning. Mykhailov was
mourned at Lychakiv cemetery on March 23. He leaves a wife and two sons.

Yevhen Lohvynenko, 20, a sniper of the
reconnaissance unit of the 81th brigade. He volunteered to the army
in summer, 2014. He was killed trying to rescue his wounded comrade when
Russia-backed militants opened fire on Lohvynenko’s unit near Vodyane village
close to Donetsk. He leaves his parents in a city of Rivne.

Ivan Ahapiy, a soldier of the 28th mechanized brigade from Odesa Oblast. He was killed near Mariupol. “I will stand guard as long as needed,” Ahapiy was
quoted as saying in one of the interviews in a local newspaper. “Don’t create
heroes of us, we are ordinary Ukrainians who merely love our land and want
everything to be peaceful.” Ahapiy leaves a wife and 5-year-old daughter in
Odesa Oblast.

Serhiy Shkred, 29, a soldier of the 128th mechanized
brigade from Volyn Oblast. He spent months in the war zone and was badly
wounded during the shelling near the city of Debaltseve in the end of January.
He underwent treatment in one of the Dnipropetrovsk city hospitals, but died of
sepsis. Skred leaves his parents and a sister in a city of Lutsk.

Ukraine's soldiers

March 21

Viktor Mandzyk, 28, Ukraine’s Security
Service (SBU) officer from Lutsk, Volyn Oblast. He had worked for SBU since
2009; he was mobilized to the army in January. Mandzyk was killed near the city
of Volnovakha in Donetsk Oblast when the group of unidentified men opened fire
on SBU workers. Mandzyk was shot in his head, he died later on the way
to the hospital. He leaves his parents and a wife in his native city.

March 23

Yuriy Savitskiy, 30, a soldier of the 11th brigade of Ukraine’s air forces
from Khmelnytska Oblast. Savitskiy was an active EuroMaidan Revolution
participant, later volunteered to the army. He was badly wounded during the
shelling near the town of Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast. “He wanted to come back
home for Easter,” Savitskiy’s cousin, Halyna Kupis, was quoted as saying during
the mourning. His classmates recalled he was a fair man and always was ready to
help. Savitskiy leaves his family in Letychiv village in Khmelnytska Oblast.

March 26

Mykhailo Suslo, 23, a soldier from OUN volunteer battalion. He often traveled to Odesa
to train volunteers and the future members of the battalion. Suslo made it to
war front in January. He was badly wounded during the shooting near Donetsk.
His comrades managed to get him out of the battlefield at night March 25. He
died from a massive bleed.

March 28

Oleh Diachenko, a soldier of the 12th territorial defense battalion from
Cherkasy Oblast. He was killed in Donetsk Oblast.

March 29

Oleksandr Chernychenko, 46, deputy commander of the unit of 72nd mechanized
brigade. from Ternopil Oblast. Chernychenko made it to the war zone in January and was killed during the
shelling of Hranitne village in Donetsk Oblast. He leaves a wife and
10-year-old son in a city of Volochynsk in Khmelnytskiy Oblast.

April 5

Andriy Karpyuk, 24, a soldier of the 81st mechanized brigade from Volyn
Oblast. Karpuyk was
killed as he stepped on a land mine near the
town of Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast. He leaves his parents in a Susk village in
Volyn Oblast.

Dmytro Stepanov, 28, a soldier of the 81st mechanized brigade. He was killed along with his comrade Andriy Karpyuk of the same brigade as he
stepped on a land mine near the town of Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast. Stepanov leaves a wife and 4-year-old
daughter in a Susk village in Volyn Oblast.

April 6

Dmytro Sviderskiy, 20, soldier from Rivne. He
was mobilized to the army in August, 2014 and then made it to the war zone in
October. He was badly wounded near Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast on April 3 and
died later in one of Dnipropetrovsk hospitals. Sviderskiy leaves his parents in
his native city of Rivne.