“About 1,300” Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday at a press conference in Kyiv.
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This is the first time since the start of the conflict that the Ukrainian authorities have provided an assessment. On March 2, the Russian army announced that it had lost nearly 500 soldiers, a report that it has not updated since.
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