Over 500 mercenaries from Vostok gang killed in three years of war, - gang leader Khodakovsky

On May 6, separatists in Ukraine's Donbas region celebrated three years of Vostok armed gang formation in occupied Yasynuvata.

Censor.NET reports citing a propaganda website of the militants.

In a speech on the occasion of the anniversary, the gang's leader, terrorist Alexander Khodakovsky said that about 8,000 people served in the battalion over this period. The gang lost about 500 servicemen over the three years of the war, he said.

Khodakovsky, who is a traitor of Ukraine, created three detachments within Vostok battalion.