More than 1,300 Russian servicemen have been killed in the Ukraine war, Colonel General Sergey Rudskoy, first deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, told reporters on Friday, TASS reported.

"There are casualties among our comrades-in-arms during the special military operation. As of today, 1,351 servicemen have been killed and 3,825 have been wounded," Rudskoy said.

According to the colonel-general, the state will take over support for their families. "Raising children up to higher education, full repayment of loans, solving the housing issue," he noted.