Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned about 2,500 to three,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed in seven weeks of conflict with Russia and about 10,000 have been injured.
There was no rely of civilian casualties, he mentioned.
He mentioned 19,000 to twenty,000 Russian troopers had been killed within the conflict, now in its eighth week. Moscow mentioned final month that 1,351 Russian troopers had been killed and three,825 wounded.
Reuters couldn't independently confirm both facet's numbers.
Combating was intense in Mariupol as Ukraine mentioned it was attempting to interrupt Russia's siege of the southeastern port metropolis. Residence to 400,000 individuals earlier than Russia's invasion, Mariupol has been diminished to rubble. 1000's of civilians have died and tens of 1000's stay trapped.
"The state of affairs in Mariupol is troublesome and exhausting. Combating is occurring proper now. The Russian military is consistently calling on further models to storm town," defence ministry spokesperson Oleksandr Motuzyanyk instructed a briefing. He mentioned the Russians haven't utterly captured it.
Russia mentioned it struck what it described as a manufacturing facility on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv that made and repaired anti-ship missiles, after the sinking on Thursday of the Moskva, the flagship of Moscow's Black Sea fleet.
Ukraine mentioned one in every of its missiles had induced the Moskva to sink, a robust image of its resistance to a better-armed foe. Moscow mentioned the ship sank whereas being towed in stormy seas after a hearth attributable to an explosion of ammunition and that greater than 500 sailors had been evacuated.
The USA believes the Moskva was hit by two Ukrainian missiles and that there have been Russian casualties, though numbers had been unclear, a senior US official mentioned.
Zelenskiy mentioned the navy state of affairs within the south and east was "nonetheless very troublesome," whereas praising the work of his armed forces.
"The successes of our navy on the battlefield are actually vital, traditionally vital. However they're nonetheless not sufficient to wash our land of the occupiers. We'll beat them some extra," he mentioned in a late-night video tackle, calling once more for allies to ship heavier weapons and for a global embargo on Russian oil.
Zelenskiy has appealed to US President Joe Biden for the USA to designate Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism," becoming a member of North Korea, Cuba, Iran and Syria, the Washington Put up reported, citing individuals conversant in their dialog.
A White Home spokesperson responded by saying, "We'll proceed to think about all choices to extend the strain on Putin."
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and high finance officers will attend Worldwide Financial Fund and World Financial institution conferences in Washington subsequent week, sources instructed Reuters.
Will probably be the primary probability for key Ukrainian officers to satisfy in particular person with monetary officers from superior economies since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
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