KIEV, March 1 – Over 2,600 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and over 9,000 wounded since the beginning of the Russian aggression in February 2014, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said.

"On February 20, 2014, Russia launched its military aggression against Ukraine, having occupied the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. Today, this aggression continues in Donbas. Since the aggression occurred, over 2,600 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and over 9,000 have been wounded. Only for the last two months of 2016 Ukrainian positions have been attacked over 2,500 times that resulted in killing of 12 servicemen and wounding 150 of them," Foreign Ministry said is a statement issued on Monday.