00:00 The war in Ukraine is entering its third year.
00:03 How much aid was promised and provided to Kiev?
00:06 What are the civilian and military casualties?
00:09 Here's what we know and don't know so far.
00:12 17-18% of Ukraine is currently occupied by Russia.
00:17 Now, around 7% of that was already occupied prior to 2022.
00:24 It's important to recall that this war actually began in 2014
00:28 with the occupation of Crimea and the Russian intervention
00:31 in East Ukraine, the Donbas region.
00:33 On the 24th of February 2022, Vladimir Putin launched
00:37 a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
00:40 In June 2023, Ukraine counterattacked,
00:43 but its efforts have stalled.
00:46 The offensive fell short of the goals that were set
00:49 at the beginning of the offensive.
00:50 So the aim, of course, was that there would be a number
00:54 of substantial breakthroughs, that the significant amount
00:57 of territory would be taken from the Russians.
01:00 And that really didn't happen, despite quite a considerable
01:03 effort by the Ukrainians and also some support
01:06 from its allies.
01:08 In early February 2024, EU member states agreed
01:14 on a new 50 billion euro aid package for Ukraine.
01:20 So the European Union is the number one provider of aid
01:24 to Ukraine, with humanitarian and military assistance
01:27 being delivered in phases.
01:29 The US is in second place.
01:32 EU member states and institutions
01:36 have, as of January 15, pledged $144 billion
01:39 in total commitments.
01:41 However, we only find that about $77 billion of these
01:44 have actually been allocated to specific packages.
01:47 On both sides, civilian and military casualties
01:50 are well-guarded state secrets.
01:52 Between 170,000 and 190,000 Ukrainian soldiers
01:57 have been reportedly killed or wounded
01:59 since the beginning of the Russian invasion,
02:01 said the New York Times.
02:03 Russian casualties are estimated to be higher,
02:05 with nearly 300,000 soldiers thought
02:08 to have been killed or wounded in the same period.
02:11 But what about Ukrainian civilians?
02:15 At the moment, the number of refugees
02:16 globally from Ukraine is 6.4 million.
02:19 And the vast majority of those are in Europe.
02:21 And I think it's also important to mention that inside Ukraine,
02:24 there's also 3.7 million people who remain internally displaced.
02:29 So in total, there's more than 10 million people
02:31 who've been forced to flee their homes.
02:35 The countries hosting the most displaced Ukrainians
02:37 are Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic.
02:41 (whooshing)
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