Ukraine war: Zelensky aide reveals up to 13,000 war dead

Up to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers person been killed since the commencement of Russia's invasion, a elder authoritative has said.

Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said betwixt 10,000 and 13,000 troops had died.

It is uncommon for Ukraine to springiness figures for casualties, and Mr Podolyak's comments person not been confirmed by the country's military.

In June helium said betwixt 100 and 200 Ukrainian soldiers were dying daily.

In a video code connected Wednesday, EU Commission caput Ursula Von der Leyen said that 100,000 Ukrainian troops had been killed. However a spokesperson for the EU Commission aboriginal clarified that this was a mistake, and the fig referred to those some killed and injured.

Speaking to Ukrainian TV outlet Channel 24, Mr Podolyak said Kyiv was "openly talking astir the fig of the killed".

"We person authoritative evaluations by the General Staff, authoritative evaluations by the commander-in-chief [Mr Zelensky], and they scope from 10,000 to 12,500-13,000 killed," helium said.

Mr Podolyak besides suggested that up to 100,000 Russian soldiers had been killed since the penetration began connected 24 February, and that a further 100,000 to 150,000 had been wounded, oregon were missing oregon incapable to instrumentality to combat.

Russia was utilizing rockets designed for atomic usage without explosive warheads, Ukrainian subject experts said, suggesting this mightiness beryllium due to the fact that the state has utilized truthful galore of its different missiles successful monolithic strikes connected Ukrainian infrastructure.