KIEV, June 11 (RIA Novosti) – At least 257 people were killed and over 1,300 injured during the punitive operations in Eastern Ukraine, the country’s Health Ministry reported Wednesday in a report based on data from urgent medical aid in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

“There have been 220 people killed, including two minors in the Donetsk region since the start of the standoff. Over 1,200 people have asked for medical help, 150 are hospitalized, including a 14-year-old,” Donbas News (Novosti Donbasa) magazine said, quoting the report.

The ministry, however, did not specify whether the figures represent the self-defense forces, the military or civilians.