Ukraine war: 1000 days of war! Almost a million casualties on the Ukrainian side?

Ukraine -The 1000th day of the Russian war of aggression has begun in Ukraine with concerns about a further escalation of the conflict.

On the front line, the Ukrainian defenders are under heavy pressure and the country's cities are facing heavy attacks from the air. At the same time, Moscow accuses the West of escalation.

In eastern Ukraine, particularly fierce fighting is taking place around the small town of Kurakhove in the Donetsk region, which is located on a reservoir. Russian troops have already succeeded in advancing westwards to the south and north of Kurakhove, threatening to encircle it.

However, according to military observers, the Russian army has also recently launched costly frontal attacks there in order to force the conquest of the city.

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According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian armed forces have mourned over 900,000 killed and wounded since the war began exactly 1,000 days ago.

This year alone, Kiev has lost more soldiers than in the first two years of the war, claimed the state agency Tass and the ministry. Kiev's total losses to date have been put at 906,500 dead and wounded.

Casualty figures in such conflicts cannot usually be independently verified. Neither Moscow nor Kiev have yet released exact figures on their respective losses.