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'Ukraine lost about 10,000 soldiers in war with Russia'

In the more than three and a half months since the war began, some 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed. This is what an advisor to President Zelensky said in an interview with a member of the Russian opposition on YouTube. It is believed that the death rates on both sides are higher than admitted.

As recently as late May, President Zelensky spoke of 50 to 100 Ukrainians killed per day. Another of Zelensky's advisors said Thursday that that number had risen to 100 to 200 due to heavy fighting in the Donbas.

Zelensky's advisor Oleksi Arestovych said in the interview with the Russian opposition member that the number of soldiers killed at the beginning of the war was also 100 per day. When asked if one could then assume a total of 10,000 soldiers, Arestovych said, "Yes, somewhere like that."

According to him, the losses on the Russian side are now greater than on the Ukrainian side. By his estimate, 600 Russians were killed yesterday. But to push them back, more artillery is needed, he said. Arestovych went on to say that Ukrainian forces are achieving successes thanks to Western support. Without that support, the Ukrainians would probably have been pushed back as far as the Dnipro River.