State awards 2557 paratroopers.
Since the beginning of the antiterrorist operation in the Donbas killed 469 Ukrainian paratroopers. About it during a speech on the occasion of the marine Day on Tuesday, November 21, said the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
“For courage and heroism in battles with the Russian invaders, 2557 paratroopers awarded with the state awards, 12 of them are marked by a star of Hero of Ukraine. 469 Marines did not return from combat missions, was killed in fierce fighting with Russian invaders. And I ask you to honour their memory with a moment of silence,” – said Poroshenko.
We will remind, earlier it was reported that Ukraine today, November 21, for the first time celebrated the Day paratrooper.
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