3 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed, 8 Georgian Soldiers Wounded in Last 2 Days

December 18, 2017
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Ukraine Day 1399: LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Three Ukrainian soldiers were wounded and eight Georgian soldiers fighting in a Ukrainian division were wounded.

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3 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed, 8 Georgian Soldiers Wounded in Last 2 Days

Screenshot of video via Liga.net 

Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed December 17 at the Svetlodarsk Bulge due to Russia-backed shelling with 120-mm mortars, Liga.net reported, citing the ATO.

Russia-backed forces fired 152-mortars, grenade-launchers and machine guns.
On the Donetsk line, they used 120-mm mortars to fire on Lebedinskoy and Pavlopol. A BMP fired near Gnutovo.
According to a Liga.net report, eight soldiers from the Georgian Legion who are part of the Kievan Rus 25th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion, Mamuk Mamulashvili, commander of the unit reported on Facebook.
In a Facebook post, volunteer Yuriy Mysyagin said the wounds were not severe.

— Catherine A. Fitzpatrick