Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

Zelenskyy said that the number was far lower than estimates given by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government.

“31,000 Ukrainian military personnel have been killed in this war. Not 300,000, not 150,000, not whatever Putin and his deceitful circle have been lying about. But nevertheless, each of these losses is a great sacrifice for us”, Zelenskyy said at the “Ukraine. Year 2024” forum in Kyiv.

The Ukrainian leader said that he wouldn’t disclose the number of troops that were wounded or missing. He also said that “tens of thousands of civilians” had been killed in occupied areas of Ukraine, but said that no exact figures would be available until the war was over.

  • ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    9 months ago

    Difference between defensive positions and caring for your men’s lives vs being on the offensive and just throwing men into machine gun fire maybe.

    • nexusband@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      And proper tanks, that may burn, but don’t catapult you in to space. Same goes for artillery and rockets that actually find their target.

      Makes it so much more important, Ukraine gets all the best we (= the west) can offer.