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Some 2,973 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed amid Russian aggression in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said.

“In total, during Russia’s aggression in Donbas, we’ve lost 2,973 Ukrainian soldiers,” he said at a meeting with servicemen of the Joint Forces Operation in Donetsk region on Monday.