The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhniy, announced on the telethon that almost 9,000 Ukrainian heroes died in the war with Russia.

 "It's not just the military that's involved in this war. And it's not just those who took up arms. Our little children who are innocent of anything but being born. Right here and at this time. They are truly . do not understand anything that is happening, but they definitely need protection near Soledar, Bakhmut, Velika Novosilka, and here, because their father went to the front. And perhaps he is among the almost 9,000 heroes who died," said Zaluzhniy .

 In August, the adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Mykhailo Podolyak, in an interview with the BBC, said that the daily losses of the Ukrainian military have decreased by 2.5-3 times compared to the beginning of June, when they amounted to 100-200 people per day.