The losses of the Armed Forces, voiced by Zelensky, differ from the US assessment - the NYT
President Vladimir Zelensky's statement on 31,000 killed Ukrainian military does not coincide with the estimates of US officials who estimated the losses much higher last summer. At that time, about 70,000 Ukrainians were killed and from 100 to 120 were injured. According to officials, the losses of the Russian military were about twice as high. Instead, Zelensky said he wanted to resist Russian propaganda and other estimates that have set Ukrainian losses at a much higher level.
His statement was heard at a time when the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to American journalists, retreat to most of the front line, and Russian troops carry out offensive operations in the east and south. A week ago, Moscow captured the city of Avdiivka, the Ukrainian fortress in the east, and in recent days, her troops are slowly moving west, trying to gain a foothold in the area. On February 25, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, during a press conference under the Forum "Ukraine.
Rick 2024" stated that 31,000 Ukrainian military killed during a full -scale invasion of Russia. Information that Ukraine has lost more than 300,000 people since February 24, 2022. The total losses of Russian troops, according to the President, are estimated at almost 500 thousand. The number of wounded Ukrainian military, the head of state, refused. According to him, if you declare this figure, Russia will know how many people "went out of the field".
He also did not call the number of missing military personnel. In the occupied territories, as Zelensky stated, tens of thousands of civilians were killed. How many of them were killed and tortured, he does not know. We will remind, on February 25 Zelensky called the terms of a new offensive of the troops of the Russian Federation. In the spring, according to the President, "different political and financial waves" should be expected.