Around 1,300 Ukrainian troops killed so far – Zelensky

More now from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is holding a news conference in Kyiv.

He tells reporters around 1,300 Ukrainian troops have been killed in the first 17 days of the Russian invasion.

It’s a figure the BBC cannot independently verify.

Western sources estimated on Friday that around 6,000 Russian troops have also been killed in that period.

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