President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian troopers had been killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion two years in the past, giving the primary official determine for greater than a yr.
Zelensky informed a information convention in Kyiv that he couldn’t disclose the variety of wounded as a result of it might assist Russian navy planning.
Denying experiences of better losses
“31,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed on this struggle. Not 300,000, not 150,000 … (Russian President Vladimir) Putin is mendacity there … However nonetheless, this can be a massive loss for us.”
Ukraine has not put a quantity to its navy losses because the finish of 2022, when presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak stated 13,000 Ukrainian troopers had been killed because the invasion on Feb. 24.
Russia doesn’t disclose navy losses, which it regards as secret.
