Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that more than 400,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured during the war with Russia.

He admitted the previously top-secret casualty numbers a few hours after Donald Trump released the data as evidence that the war between Ukraine and Russia needed to stop.

Mr Zelensky has previously insisted that Ukrainian casualty figures are strictly confidential and could not be released because they may undermine public morale.

“Since the start of the full-scale war, Ukraine has lost 43,000 soldiers killed in action on the battlefield. There have been 370,000 cases of medical assistance for the wounded,” Mr Zelensky said on X.