According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the official representative of the defense department of the LPR Yakov Osadchiy.
“We are sorry to inform you that, defending the republic from Ukrainian aggression, two soldiers of the People's Militia were killed,” he said.
At the same time, he clarified that as a result of the fire of a Ukrainian sniper, an employee of the republic's defense department received a bullet wound.
Earlier, the head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, announced a fivefold increase in the number of attacks from the Ukrainian military.