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It has been three months since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
It is estimated that more than 15,000 Russian soldiers have died as the war has become a long-term war as the two sides continue to fight.
Reporter Im Soo-geun reports.
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Thousands of flags were hung in memory of the victims of the war in Kiiu, the Ukrainian capital.
7,400 deaths.
Residents are gathering once more in the capital, Kiiue, as the fighting in the north enters a lull.
[다리아 보리수크/ 키이우 주민 : 키이우가 회복되고 있고 공공시설도 열었습니다. 사람들이 점차 도시로 돌아와 많아졌습니다.]
Residents are returning to northern Kharkiv, which had suffered a fierce battle just a week ago, but the war has almost destroyed their livelihood and they depend on rations for their livelihood.
As of the end of April, the United Nations said more than 10 million Ukrainians were in need of food aid.
Although there are no official figures, it is estimated that the war has so far caused tens of thousands of Ukrainians to lose loved ones.
[나탈리야 볼로시나/ 마리우폴 주민 : 러시아군이 집에 조준사격을 했습니다. 주차장에 있던 군인들이 지하실로 가는 아들에게 총을 쐈습니다.]
The mayor of southern Mariupol, the biggest battleground, said more than 5,000 people were killed in Mariupol alone.
Not only Ukraine, but Russia is also expected to suffer heavy casualties.
The British Ministry of Defense estimates that 15,000 Russian soldiers were killed in the invasion of Ukraine.
This exceeds the number of Russian soldiers killed in the nine-year war in Afghanistan that began in 1979.
In the midst of this, in the Donetsk region of southeastern Ukraine, it is reported that the battle between the two sides is fierce.
This is YTN Im Soo-geun.
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