Over 300 000 Ukrainian soldiers received a status of participants in military activities in the Donbas conflict, over 16 700 servicemen received national awards, and 45 received the title of the Hero of Ukraine. The information was given by President Petro Poroshenko during the ceremony of awarding Ukrainian soldiers, broadcasted by 112.UA Channel.
112.ua: Poroshenko – 45 Ukrainian soldiers receive Hero of Ukraine title, 27 of them posthumously
According to the President, “over 300,000 Ukrainian warriors went through the crucible of war against Russia".
