Has Russia really lost a million soldiers in Ukraine? | BBC Ukrainecast

The number of Russian troops killed or wounded in Ukraine has topped 1 million since the start of the full-scale invasion, according to military officials in Kyiv.

But how accurate are those figures? And after another significant prisoner exchange, how are Russia’s POWs treated by the Ukrainian authorities?

These are just some of the questions viewers have been sending in to the Ukrainecast team. Presenters Jamie Coomarasamy and Vitaly Shevchenko are joined by Olga Robinson from BBC Verify and Olga Ivshina from BBC Russian to answer them.

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