US Estimates 200,000 Military Casualties On All Sides

The most senior US general estimates that around 100,000 Russian and 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured in the war in Ukraine. <br />Gen Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, says that around 40,000 civilians had died after being caught up in the conflict. <br />He says that signs Kyiv were willing to re-enter talks with Moscow offered a window for negotiations. <br />Ukraine has signaled a willingness to hold some discussions with Moscow after President Volodymyr Zelensky dropped a demand that his opposite number, Vladimir Putin, must be removed from power before negotiations could resume. <br />Gen Milley added that for any talks to be successful, both Russia and Ukraine would have to reach a mutual recognition that a wartime victory is maybe not achievable through military means, and therefore you need to turn to other means.