Zelensky says 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died fighting Russia’s invasion

Fighting continues between Ukraine and Russia as officials met in Abu Dhabi for talks (Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP)

Fighting against Russia’s four-year-old invasion has cost the lives of 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers, according to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, as a US envoy described two days of talks between Moscow and Kyiv officials as “detailed and productive”.

Ukraine has also listed “a large number of people” as missing in the war, Mr Zelensky added in an interview broadcast by French TV channel France 2.