Kyiv reports death of 8 servicemen in Volnovakha, Donetsk region

Eight Ukrainian law enforcers have died and 18 have been injured in clashes with militants in the vicinity of Volnovakha, Donetsk region.

"There have been clashes between Ukrainian law enforcers and terrorist groups near Rubezhny and Volnovakha," Kyiv-based Information Resistance group coordinator Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on Facebook on Thursday morning. In his words, eight law enforcers died and 18 were injured in the Volnovakha area.

Interfax-Ukraine has yet to obtain an official confirmation of this report.