A woman reacts next to a grave of Evgeny Khrapko, a combat medic and instructor of tactical medicine who was killed in a mission after his farewell ceremony in Kharkiv, Ukraine. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Axios: Ukraine suffering up to 1,000 casualties per day in Donbas, official says
Up to 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers are being killed or wounded each day in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, with 200 to 500 killed on average and many more wounded, a top Ukrainian official said on Wednesday.
The big picture: President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 1 that 60 to 100 Ukrainian troops were being killed daily as Russia stepped up its Donbas offensive. Over the past two weeks that number has climbed significantly according to David Arakhamia, who leads Ukraine's negotiations with Russia and is one of Zelensky's closest advisers.
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WNU Editor:This is the first time that a Ukrainian official is admitting that Ukraine is losing on average 200 - 500 soldiers a day in the Donbas. The Russian Defense Ministry does not make public their casualties, but they said a few days ago that 600 Ukrainian soldiers were being killed each day in the Ukraine theater of operations.
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