117 ATO servicemen decorated for valor

"117 servicemen, who showed personal bravery and high professionalism in protecting the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, were awarded," reads the statement. The President awarded 46 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, wounded in fighting near the Donetsk airport, Pisky, Spartak, Mayorske, Horlivka and Shchastia in 2015. The President also awarded 70 soldiers of the National Guard of Ukraine. Most of them were wounded during the hostilities near Avdiyivka, Telmanove, Shyrokyne, Komsomolske, and Ilovaisk.