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More than 2,700 soldiers have been killed and over 10,000 have been injured since conflict begun in eastern Ukraine three years ago, the vice defence minister says.

At a seminar in Kiev, Ivan Rusnak said areas in the midst of the conflict, which covers the eastern regions of Donetsk and Lugansk bordering Russia, were still in a difficult situation but were controllable.

The signs of stabilisation were related to the agreements reached in Minsk for a ceasefire starting from April 1 this year, he said.

According to Rusnak, eastern Ukraine has seen a destruction of its social, transport and energy infrastructure and citizens have been left without jobs, with losses estimated to be at $US50 billion ($A66 billion).

He denounced Moscow, who the Kiev government accuses of aggression, had deployed some 60,000 troops to the occupied territories of Lugansk and Donetsk, as well as the region of Crimea - annexed by Russia in 2014 - and all along the Ukrainian border.

The conflict broke out in April 2014, after a revolution in the country saw the pro-Russian government overthrown and replaced with one in favour of closer relations with the European Union.

In the eastern regions, pro-Russian rebels backed by nationalist militias staged an uprising, leading to a conflict which the United Nations estimates has killed at least 10,000 people.

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