Eight fighters of the Joint Forces Operation were captured by militants near Novotroitske in the Donetsk oblast. This is stated in the report of the press center of the JFO headquarters.
"According to preliminary information, this morning, eight servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Joint Forces, moving on a lorry near the settlement of NOVOTROITSKE, departed from the designated route and entered the temporarily occupied territory where they were detained by militants of the armed units of the Russian Federation" , - it noted.
The JFO headquarters notes that the command of the operation takes all measures to determine the place of stay and return the soldiers.