Ukraine President, Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine may be losing between fifty to one hundred lives every day.
Zelensky disclosed this during a news briefing, saying those killed were defending Ukraine in the most difficult direction.
Russian forces have stepped up their attempts to capture cities in the eastern Donbas region, with a focus on the city of Severodonetsk.
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence says in the first three months of the war, Russia is likely to have suffered a similar death toll, seen by the Soviet Union during its nine-year war in Afghanistan.