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

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

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.