DPR soldier injured in skirmish with Ukrainian Azov squad dies

Donetsk, Aug 30 – DAN. A DPR soldier injured in a fire exchange with Ukrainian fighters outside Gorlovka has died, the DPR People’s Militia said.

“Republican defender who sustained serious wounds in a skirmish with a Ukrainian reconnaissance squad outside Gorlovka in the night of August 29 has died,” the report reads.

Earlier reports said one DPR soldier had been killed.

A Ukrainian squad approached DPR positions on August 29 and forced an action. Three DPR soldiers have been captured by the fighters of the Azov extremist armed formation.*ot