Since the beginning of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost 1,915 soldiers, Head of the Main Personnel Department of the General Staff of Ukraine Ihor Voronchenko.

"Since the beginning of the ATO and Crimea's occupation, the losses amounted to 1,915 people, 1,757 of them in battle. Medical losses numbered 7,053 people, out of which 5,747 were due to battle [wounds]," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday.

Voronchenko said that 271 soldiers of the Ukrainian army are still missing.

"Unfortunately, as of today 76 soldiers are held prisoners," he added.