DONETSK, March 4. /TASS/. Ukraine lost several hundred troops in battles for the settlement of Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Igor Kimakovsky, an advisor to the DPR head, told TASS.

"The Ukrainian armed forces lost several hundred service members in battles for Novomikhailovka," he said, adding that the losses had taken place in the previous few weeks.

Kimakovsky pointed out that the casualties included both killed and wounded soldiers.