The number of Ukrainian soldiers performing combat missions in the ATO area is currently about 50,000.
Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko said this in interview to Ukrainian TV channels, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.
“Nowadays there are about 50,000 servicemen in the ATO zone alone. These are totally different soldiers and officers, they have combat experience and understanding of why they came there,” Poroshenko said.
The President noted that last year there were between 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers ready for combat missions.
“Simultaneously, there were from 17,000 to 23,000 soldiers in Donbas, who, of course, could not repel all attacks in the most dangerous directions,” he said.
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roger
Can this fool really believe what he is saying? Defending against whom? If this is what defending Donbass looks like I hate to think what an attack would look like!