Over 2,900 Ukrainian soldiers killed during Russian aggression

A total of 2,949 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed over the period of Russian aggression against Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko has said.

He stated this in his speech in the Verkhovna Rada at a meeting dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the beginning of Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"A total of 2,949 warriors have given their lives so that we could have an opportunity to change the state," he said.

Poroshenko promised that this chance for change would not be wasted.