Both sides are believed to have sustained heavy losses, particularly in the fiercely contested Donetsk city of Bakhmut.
Russia's death toll has surpassed 200,000, Kyiv's military said on Wednesday, but the updated figure also raises questions about the losses sustained by Ukraine as its forces prepare a counteroffensive.
"For Kyiv, publishing such figures would be unwise given that this would provide the Russians with the idea about the force numbers Ukraine has left and this would probably also undermine the mobilization if people see that there is little chance of survival," she added. Russia does not provide a running count for its losses in Ukraine, and the most recent update from the Defense Ministry came in September. At this point, the Kremlin put the death toll for Russia's forces at 5,937 troops.
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