Poroshenko says 415 Ukrainian airborne troopers killed in Donbas war

A total of 415 Ukrainian airborne troopers have been killed in Donbas war, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said.

"Four hundred and fifteen airborne troopers haven't returned from their missions, having been killed in severe fights with the Russian aggressor," he said at the Training Center of the Ukrainian Airborne Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zhytomyr on the occasion of Ukrainian Airmobile Forces Day.

In his words, 2,295 airborne troopers were granted state awards, and seven of them were designated as Heroes of Ukraine.