President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said that 1,800 soldiers and nearly 7,000 civilians have been killed during the conflict in Donbas.
"This is a disaster and a disaster not just for mothers, but a disaster for the whole country. The disaster for every family who lost 1,800 soldiers, for every family who lost almost 7,000 civilians," Poroshenko said in an interview with the BBC.