69 fatalities in Ukraine army since start of year, - Poroshenko

More than 420 soldiers were injured.

In 2017, 69 Ukrainian servicemen died in combat in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone. This was announced by President Petro Poroshenko during his working trip to the Luhansk region, Censor.NET reports citing 112 Ukraine.

Over 420 servicemen were wounded.

"Overall, we've lost 2,652 Ukrainian heroes representing all defense and law enforcement agencies," Poroshenko said.