Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that 31,000 troops had been killed defending the country in the two years since Russian dictator Vladimir Putin ordered his legions to invade, the first time any Kyiv official had put a number on the death toll.
Cold comfort to the people affected, but it is significantly lower than the losses suffered by Russia, estimated last month by the BBC to be as high as 107,000 killed in action.