KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian troopers have been killed in motion within the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
Zelenskyy mentioned that the quantity was far decrease than estimates given by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authorities.
“31,000 Ukrainian navy personnel have been killed on this warfare. Not 300,000, not 150,000, not no matter Putin and his deceitful circle have been mendacity about. However nonetheless, every of those losses is a good sacrifice for us”, Zelenskyy mentioned on the “Ukraine. Yr 2024” discussion board in Kyiv.
The Ukrainian chief mentioned that he wouldn’t disclose the variety of troops that had been wounded or lacking. He additionally mentioned that “tens of hundreds of civilians” had been killed in occupied areas of Ukraine, however mentioned that no actual figures can be out there till the warfare was over.
“We don’t know what number of of our civilians they killed. We don’t,” he mentioned.
It’s the primary time that Kyiv has confirmed the variety of its losses for the reason that begin of Russia’s full-scale warfare on Feb. 24, 2022.
Russia has offered few official casualty figures. The newest information from the Protection Ministry, revealed in January 2023, pointed to only over 6,000 deaths, though studies from U.S. and U.Okay. officers put that quantity considerably increased.
A U.S. intelligence report declassified in mid-December 2023 estimated that 315,000 Russian troops had been killed or wounded in Ukraine. If correct, the determine would signify 87% of the roughly 360,000 troops Russia had earlier than the warfare, in keeping with the report.
Unbiased Russian information outlet Mediazona mentioned Saturday that about 75,000 Russian males died in 2022 and 2023 preventing within the warfare.
A joint investigation revealed by Mediazona and Meduza, one other impartial Russian information web site, signifies that the speed of Russia’s losses in Ukraine will not be slowing and that Moscow is dropping about 120 males a day.
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