KYIV, Ukraine—The 2-year-old Ukraine war has hit a grim milestone amid the longest and most durable lull in fighting since the conflict began.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko last week said 2,269 Ukrainian soldiers have died since the conflict in eastern Ukraine began in spring 2014.
That toll almost matches the 2,381 American troops killed during roughly 14 years of combat operations in Afghanistan.
Ukraine’s killed-in-action rate in such a short amount of time shows how serious the situation is in the country.— Luke Coffey, director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy
“Ukraine’s KIA [killed in action] rate in such a short amount …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
