Donetsk, Jun 8 – DAN. Kiev forces have lost more than a company of troops in fighting outside Gorlovka over six months, said the head of the DPR Armed Forces press service Daniil Bezsonov.

"On the Gorlovka axis alone the enemy lost more than a company of troops in half a year trying to secure their disadvantageous positions."

The security situation around Gorlovka has deteriorated recently; in mid-May DPR forces had to repel to Ukrainian attacks, where Kiev forces lost approximately 40 troops killed and wounded. *ot