Battalion commander of 72nd Brigade Andrii Zhuk killed in Donbas

Battalion commander of the 72nd Brigade Andrii Zhuk was killed by a militants' sabotage and reconnaissance unit (SRU) in the the Donbas.

Oleksandr Shulman wrote on Facebook, Censor.NET reports.

"The war continues. Our guys were ambushed by a SRU today. 'Russcists' fled after the battle. Three soldiers were wounded; one died during transportation to the hospital. It was battalion commander of the 72nd Brigade Andrii Zhuk," Shulman wrote.

"Another good man killed at the front. Battalion commander of the 72nd Brigade Andrii Zhuk, nicknamed Mauhli," one of the Automaidan leaders Oleksii Hrytsenko also wrote.

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