“For the reason that starting of the full-scale struggle, Ukraine has misplaced 43,000 infantrymen who died at the battlefield,” plus 370,000 who’ve been wounded, Zelenskyy stated in his submit. “And that is making an allowance for that during our military roughly 50 p.c of the wounded go back to provider, and all accidents are recorded, together with minor and repeated ones,” he stated.
“And let’s now not omit we controlled to go back 3,767 warriors from Russian captivity,” Zelenskyy added.
The Ukrainian figures evaluate with 600,000 useless and wounded reported for the Russian aspect. Zelenskyy insists that Moscow’s losses are greater than that.
“Up to date information on Russian losses exceed 750,000 in their other folks. That is 198,000 Russians killed and greater than 550,000 wounded,” the Ukrainian president stated. Since September Russia has been shedding 5 – 6 troops for each and every Ukrainian soldier misplaced in fight, he added.
Zelenskyy reiterated his push for a “simply peace” that comes with promises for Ukraine towards a renewal of Russian aggression sooner or later.
“A cease-fire with out promises [means conflict] can also be reignited at any second, as Putin has already accomplished so,” Zelenskyy stated. “To make sure that there will likely be not more Ukrainian casualties, we should ensure the reliability of peace and now not flip a blind eye to the profession,” he added.
