The Russian Ministry of Defence and state-run news agency TASS said on Tuesday that Ukraine's armed forces had suffered more than 900,000 casualties, including both dead and wounded, since the war began 1,000 days ago. According to TASS calculations and the ministry, this year alone, Ukraine's losses have surpassed those from the first two years of the conflict combined, with total losses for Kiev put at 906,500 dead and wounded. Casualty figures in such conflicts generally cannot be independent