Official says 87 Ukrainian troops killed

At least 87 Ukrainian soldiers surrounded by pro-Russian rebels in the eastern town of Ilovaysk have been killed, a top local official says.

At least 87 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed after being surrounded by pro-Russian rebels in the eastern town of Ilovaysk, a top local official says.

The deputy army recruiting commander of Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhia region, which has not been affected by the fighting, said the soldiers' bodies had been delivered to a local morgue in the past two days.