Two years after the invasion of Ukraine by Russian armed forces, the war reveals a very heavy human toll.
Each side claims to have inflicted hundreds of thousands of deaths and injuries on its adversary.
But while the fighting continues on the front with no hope of an early outcome, the precise extent of human losses remains difficult to determine with precision.
Moscow and kyiv keep the number of dead and wounded of their forces secret, maintaining a fog of war typical of all conflicts of this intensity.
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As for civilian losses, Russia remains silent on the number of inhabitants killed in the conquered zones since February 24, 2022. The Ukrainian authorities claimed in June 2023 to have recorded the deaths of 10,368 civilians.
kyiv estimates, however, that by counting the deaths in occupied territory, this figure could be five times higher.
Just the battle of Mariupol, the deadliest for the population, would have...
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