Kyiv, 14/5: Russia said Sunday that two of its military commanders had been killed in combat near the frontline hotspot of Bakhmut in eastern UkraineIn a rare announcement of its losses on the battlefield, the Russian defence ministry said the commander of the 4th motorised rifle brigade, Vyacheslav Makarov, and the deputy commander of the Army Corps for military-political work, Yevgeny Brovko, had been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine.
The announcement came as battles raged for control of Bakhmut in the eastern region of Donetsk.