LUGANSK (AFP) – An adviser to Ukraines president said Kiev lost 179 troops in a month-long battle for the town of Debaltseve, while pro-Russian rebels readied a prisoner swap Saturday as part of a battered ceasefire.The death toll for Debaltseve — which the rebels overran on Wednesday in defiance of the UN-backed truce — was given by Yuri Biryukov, an aide to Ukraines President Petro Poroshenko, on his Facebook page.If that figure is confirmed, it would represent one of the bloodiest losses suffered by the Ukrainian side in the 10-month conflict.But Kiev is officially giving a much lower toll. Defence …read more
Source: Dunya TV
